The underside of the Great Water Lily by William Sharp, creator of the very first chromolithograph on American soil.
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William Sharp’s Chromolithographs of The Great Water Lily (1854)
Six magnificent images of Victoria amazonica, believed to be the very first colour-printed lithographs produced in America.
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The underside of the Great Water Lily by William Sharp, creator of the very first chromolithograph on American soil.
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