Green Tea Botanical Art Print by Elizabeth Blackwell (1739)

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A botanical connection with your favourite tea ritual

Explore the plant behind a familiar drink with this reproduction of Elizabeth Blackwell’s Green Tea botanical illustration (1739). Published in A Curious Herbal, the work brings an 18th-century plant-study subject into a kitchen, tea corner or botanical gallery wall. Choose it for an interest in historic illustration, or as a gift for someone who enjoys both plants and tea.

About the artwork

Blackwell drew and engraved medicinal plants for her herbal, working from specimens at Chelsea Physic Garden. This green tea plate connects the reproduction with that botanical publishing project. Its artist, plant subject and 1739 date give it a specific historical identity beyond a general kitchen print, offering a starting point for exploring the relationship between plant observation and illustration.

Create a welcoming tea-and-reading corner

Imagine displaying the print near a small table, with warm wooden furniture, soft linen and a favourite teacup ready for a quiet break. It can introduce a botanical connection into an everyday room without requiring the entire space to follow a Georgian style. The recorded beige, green and pink palette provides a starting point for coordinating accessories or companion prints in related tones.

A smaller format can join an established gallery arrangement, while a larger print gives the plant subject a more prominent place. Pairing it with other botanical studies creates a shared natural-history thread; adding a tea-time illustration links the plant with the ritual of drinking tea. Consider the available wall space and surrounding furniture before choosing the size that best suits your display.

Paper, printing and finish

This product is a giclée reproduction, not an original 1739 engraving or a page taken from an original herbal. It is printed on 200gsm matte art paper, offering a matte paper surface for your chosen display. Select a print-only version if you would like to use your own frame, or choose a framed option with a black wooden frame and white mount.

Choose your size

• Small: 11 × 14 in, available as a print only or framed.
• Medium: 12 × 16 in, available as a print only or framed.
• Large: 18 × 24 in, available as a print only or framed.
• Framed options include a black wooden frame and white mount. Select your preferred size and finish above.

Pair it with

Connect the tea plant with the ritual of drinking it by adding Harrison Fisher’s Afternoon Tea (1925). For companion botanical studies, pair it with J. L. Prévost’s Pontic Rhododendron (1805) and Ellen Isham Schutt’s Lemon print (1908), bringing flowers and fruit into your tea-corner gallery wall.

Explore more botanical prints and tea-corner ideas

Discover complementary plant studies in our vintage botanical prints collection.

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