C. H. ; monogram CH / Karl Hess / Carl von Hess ; Heß
1801
1874
Reichenhall
engraver Carl Ernst Christoph von Hess (1755-1828)
Heinrich von Hess (1798-1863) (brother) ; Peter von Hess (1792-1871) (brother)
training in copper engraving & possibly also in lithography by his father;
Germany
botanist and explorer Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868): Historia Naturalis Palmarum, II (De Brasiliae Palmis Singulatim) (Leipzig 1823-1850) ;
King Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria
zoologist Johann Baptist von Spix ; botanist Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868): Historia naturalis palmarum, Leipzig 1823-50;
botanical drawing and lithography ; hand-colouring
www.aradergalleries.com/detail.php?id=1677
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Hess_(Maler) ;
Hyacinth Holland: Heß, Karl. In: ADB 12, Leipzig 1880: 298; Nissen: Botan. Buchillustration 1966 ; Walter Lack: Martius. The Book of Palms, Cologne (2009/10); Kury 2014: 228-9
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