Mentha Garden Mint Spearmint - botanical print by Elizabeth Blackwell, A Curious Herbal, 1737 art poster canvas gift London vintage plan great exhibition 1851 1734 his ship sailed past

1734 his ship sailed past the coast of Greenland when suddenly those on board "saw a most terrible creature

on July 25

Valentine’s Day

His famous work was The Vegetable System in 26 volumes (1759-1775)

Mentha Garden Mint Spearmint - botanical print by Elizabeth Blackwell, A Curious Herbal, 1737 art poster canvas gift London vintage plan great exhibition 1851 1734 his ship sailed pastMentha Mint Garden mint Spearmint plant an antique engraved and hand coloured print of Mentha spicata herb by Elizabeth Blackwell from 1737 edition of her famous Georgian work "A Curious Herbal". Elizabeth Blackwell (17071758) was a Scottish botanical illustrator and author who was best known as both the artist and engraver for the plates of "A Curious Herbal", published between 1737 and 1739. The book was designed as a reference work on medicinal