Library / reading nook

Art for libraries, studies and reading corners: maps, botanical plates, portraits and detailed works that suit a room built around books. Many are best seen up close, at reading distance. Every piece is a museum-quality giclée print, made to order.

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Stacked books with yellow, red, and brown covers arranged on a wooden floor against a patterned red and green wall.
Vincent van Gogh
The Yellow Books
1887 · oil
An aerial painting depicts the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition grounds with beige buildings, waterways, and surrounding landscape in muted earth tones.
Childe Hassam
Bird's Eye View of 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Grounds
1893 · Colored pencil and watercolor
Stylized botanical illustration showing yellow thistle plant above ground with exposed root system and smaller flowering plants below, set against forested landscape background.
Paul Elie Ranson
Thistles and Foxglove
1899 · oil
A stylized plant with twisted dark roots, yellow-green foliage, and golden flowers grows among blue irises and small yellow blooms against a cloudy sky.
Paul Elie Ranson
Goldenrod and Mauve Irises
1899 · oil
Botanical illustration depicting three tulips with purple, yellow-red, and yellow petals on green stems against a beige background.
Pierre Joseph Redouté
Tulipe de Gesner [Tulipa gesneriana L.]
stipple engraving and watercolor
Botanical illustration depicting striped blue and white tulips alongside pale pink roses with green leaves on a cream background.
Pierre Joseph Redouté
Tulips and Roses
1802 · stipple engraving and watercolor
A striped tulip with pink and yellow petals on a green stem with two leaves, rendered in watercolor on a cream background.
Pierre Joseph Redouté
Tulipa Culta (Cultivated Tulip), Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs et Des Plus Beaux Fruits
1827 · stipple engraving and watercolor
Botanical illustration of viola tricolor flowers with blue and yellow petals and green leaves arranged on a cream background.
Pierre Joseph Redouté
Viola Tricolor (Wild Pansy), Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs et Des Plus Beaux Fruits
1827 · stipple engraving and watercolor
Botanical illustration of Bird of Paradise flower with orange and yellow bloom among green and grey-toned elongated leaves.
Pierre Joseph Redouté
Bird of Paradise
Watercolour over traces of pencil on vellum
A botanical illustration depicting Canna gigantea with red-brown flowers and large green leaves against a cream background.
Pierre Joseph Redouté
A botanical illustration with the title "Canna gigantea". It depicts the species Canna tuerckheimii.
1811 · Coloured lithograph
A watercolor bouquet featuring purple flowers, green leaves, and an orange butterfly arranged against a cream background.
Pierre Joseph Redouté
A Bouquet of Flowers with Insects
watercolor with gold on vellum
White cyclamen flowers with dark red stems and variegated green leaves grow beneath a large tree, with mountains and a distant village in the background.
Robert John Thornton
The Persian Cyclamen
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line
Botanical illustration depicting five hyacinth flower clusters in white, pale pink, dark blue, and black against a landscape background with a river.
Robert John Thornton
Hyacinths
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line
Portrait drawing of a man in profile wearing a dark hat and light-colored clothing against a beige background.
Hans Holbein the Younger
Sir Thomas More
1526 · chalk on paper
A man in dark clothing and a black hat sits at a green-draped table holding a letter, against a blue patterned background.
Hans Holbein the Younger
Portrait of Thomas Cromwell
1532 · oil on oak pane
Two bearded men in Tudor-era clothing stand beside a table laden with scientific instruments against a green damask backdrop.
Hans Holbein the Younger
The Ambassadors
1533 · Oil on oak
Four potted auricula flowers in deep red, blue, yellow, and white displayed against a mountainous landscape background.
Robert John Thornton
A Group of Auriculas
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line
Two potted auricula plants with clustered white and yellow flowers against a misty mountainous landscape background.
Robert John Thornton
A Group of Auriculas II
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line
A detailed botanical illustration depicting a star-shaped flower with burgundy and pale green striped petals, surrounded by coniferous trees and mountains in the background.
Robert John Thornton
The Maggot-bearing Stapelia
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line
Six variegated tulips with striped petals in red, yellow, black and white displayed against a landscape background.
Robert John Thornton
Tulips
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line
Two red and orange bird of paradise flowers with green stems surrounded by large dark and pale green leaves against a mountainous landscape.
Robert John Thornton
The Queen
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line
A botanical illustration of six carnation flowers with striped petals in red, pink, and white against a cloudy landscape background.
Robert John Thornton
A Group of Carnations
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line
Botanical illustration of passion flowers with pink and white petals, blue-purple centers, and green leaves against a columned architectural background, 1799.
Robert John Thornton
The Quadrangular Pafsion-flower
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line
A tall flowering plant with red fern-like blooms centered in a mountainous landscape with hummingbirds and ferns.
Robert John Thornton
Large Flowering Sensitive Plant
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line