Curtis Botanical – Plate 7124 – Wrinkled Trumpet Vine

Original antique black-and-white botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 7124.

Plant: Bignonia Rugosa (Wrinkled Trumpet Vine). Native to: South America (tropical).

A vigorous tropical climber with large trumpet-shaped flowers. Victorian aristocrats spent fortunes competing to grow the most spectacular tropical climbers in their glasshouses — this genus was a recurring prize in that world.

Printed in London. Each print is an original page removed from a bound volume of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, the world's oldest continuously published botanical journal (founded 1787). Uncolored plate. Sold individually. Minor age-related toning consistent with 19th-century paper.

This is an original uncolored (plain) plate from leftover publisher stock of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, printed in London. It was issued uncolored and never bound. We bought the holding at the estate of a Chicago rare bookseller. Labels and stock papers from the British dealer Wheldon & Wesley came with it. Library stamps, when present, are noted on the listing.