Illustrazione di Satanic Boletus / Boletus satanas & lurid Boletus / Boletus luridus in Cooke 1894 libro di funghi. William Griggs Chromolithography nome.
5432 x 8092 px | 46 x 68,5 cm | 18,1 x 27 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
22 luglio 2021
Ubicazione:
uk
Altre informazioni:
At the bottom right of this plate is the name W(illiam Griggs who was the inventor of Chromolithography. I am not certain whether all the images here are printed via WG or just this one. Coloured Plate 18 from 'Edible & Poisonous Mushrooms' by Mordecai Cooke, published in 1894. Cooke was a well-known 19th century Victorian expert on British mushrooms and fungus - a sort of David Attenborough in the botanical world at that period in history. - Species shown are: Satanic Boletus / Boletus satanas [1], Lurid Boletus / Boletus luridus [2] - The pages of the old original book are variously foxed (yellowed) and I have digitally cleaned up serious page blemishes and print imperfections, and the occasional page tear, stain, or crease, while pushing the curves in LR to lift the darkness of the yellow page tint. Desaturation is not an option because parts of fungi shown are yellow, & a similar tale with lightening the yellow channel. Flood filling the blank areas with a light tone is an option.
