Watercolor Painting Gallery

Oak Tree or Quercus, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Botanical Illustration of Oak Tree or Quercus: Plate 43, from The Book of Practical Botany in Word and Image (Lehrbuch der praktischen Pflanzenkunde in Wort und Bild), Published in 1886. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

© Craig McCausland

Flag of Ireland Illustration

Also known as the "Tricolour," the national flag of the Republic of Ireland has three equal stripes illustrate the Irish political landscape as accurately today as in 1848, the year the flag was first unfurled.
orange -- standing for Irish Protestants
green -- signifying Irish Catholics and the republican cause
white -- representing the hope for peace between them

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Illustration of ancient East African city of Axum showing people working marble in the foreground, conical grass huts, and royal palace in background

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