Sunday, June 7, 2009

Amazing Rare Things

Keeping on with the botanical prints subject...when I was in Edinburgh last week, I was very happy to find the book Amazing Rare Things at the Queen's Gallery souvenir shop.

The book is a collection of botanical prints which are a part of the Royal Collection and which were exhibited last year in Buckingham Palace, dating from the late XV century to the early XIX century.

The collection was curated by Sir David Attenborough, of whom I am a big fan, and included prints such as these:











I wonder whether the queen actually does use these prints to decorate her palace home?

Kind of like this:


(image via Katy Elliot)

Or this:

(image via Centsational Girl)

I doubt it...

Anyway, you can see more of the Royal Collection here .





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