Aster Collection

Aster or Star Plant, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Botanical Illustration of Aster or Star Plant, Victorian Botanical Illustration Plate 56

Bombetoka Bay, Madagascar, satellite image. This bay links the Betsiboka River (at right) with the Mozambique Channel (top left), part of the Indian Ocean

Vase with Chinese asters and gladioli, 1886. Artist: Gogh, Vincent, van (1853-1890)
Vase with Chinese asters and gladioli, 1886. Found in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Keukenhof Gardens, Keukenhof, Netherlands

Chamomile, Yarrow, Milfoil, Daisy, Aster, Mayweed, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Chamomile, Yarrow, Milfoil, Daisy, Aster, Mayweed, Victorian Botanical Illustration Victorian Botanical Illustration

Michaelmas daisy (Aster amellus) flowers in garden

Eastern Himalayas, satellite image. North is at top. Snow is white, vegetation is red, barren areas are light blue and water is dark blue

Desert alluvial fan, satellite image. North is at top. Desert areas can sometimes go for years without rain, and then intense storms will cause flooding that fills old dry river beds

Alpine aster (Aster alpinus) flowering in alpine meadow, Alps, Engadine, Switzerland. July

Sea aster, Aster tripolium
5855796 Sea aster, Aster tripolium; (add.info.: Sea aster, Aster tripolium. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm

China aster, Callistephus chinensis
5855162 China aster, Callistephus chinensis; (add.info.: China aster, Callistephus chinensis. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science)

Decorative botanical print with chironia, daisy, sweet leaf, blanket flower and anemone
5855535 Decorative botanical print with chironia, daisy, sweet leaf, blanket flower and anemone; (add.info.: Five ornamental plants including pink chironia, blue michaelmas daisy (Aster amellus)

Decorative botanical print with sweet william, primrose, aster, goat's rue and lupin
5855523 Decorative botanical print with sweet william, primrose, aster, goat's rue and lupin; (add.info.: Five ornamental annuals including pink sweet william catchfly (Silene armeria)

Blue daisy, Felicia amelloides
5855161 Blue daisy, Felicia amelloides; (add.info.: Blue daisy, Felicia amelloides. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science, " Florence)

Marigolds and Asters in a Chinese Vase, (oil on canvas)
822966 Marigolds and Asters in a Chinese Vase, (oil on canvas) by Sharp, Joseph Henry (1859-1953); 56x69 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Marigolds and Asters in a Chinese Vase)

Garden cosmos or Mexican aster, Cosmos bipinnatus, and hototogisu or toad lily, Tricyrtis hirta
FLO4648016 Garden cosmos or Mexican aster, Cosmos bipinnatus, and hototogisu or toad lily, Tricyrtis hirta. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu

Autumnal asters: Aster novae angliae var. Constance, Aster novae angliae var. Ruber, Aster novae angliae var
FLO4664085 Autumnal asters: Aster novae angliae var. Constance, Aster novae angliae var. Ruber, Aster novae angliae var. Bowman, Aster amygdalinus, and Aster novi belgii Robert Parker

aster flowers by the sea
Olivia Joy StClaire

Curtis British Entomology Plate 80
Coleoptera: Parnus impressus = Dryops luridus (Impressed Parnus) [Plant: Aster tripolium (Sea Starwort)] Date: 1824-39

callistephus chinensis matsumoto, aster, china aster
4383 Aster - China aster Callistephus chinensis Matsumoto

Moroccan daisy, Aster, Rhodanthemum hosmariense
Moroccan daisy, Rhodanthemum hosmariense, Close up of White flower with yellow stamen.-

Close up of Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) feeding at a flower (Aster sp), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. September

Eschscholtzia or California Poppy, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Botanical Illustration of Eschscholtzia or California Poppy, Published in 1886. Source: Original edition from my own archives

Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) feeding on wild aster, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK, September

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus), close-up. Sunflower plantation in Cuestahedo, Merindad de Montija, Merindades, Burgos, Castilla y Leon, Spain. August

Arid Climate, Aster, Color Image, Desert, Dry, Earth, Environment, Geology, Land
Arid Climate, Aster, Color Image, Desert, Dry, Earth, Environment, Geol, Science Photo Library, 85757357

USA, Colorado. Wildflowers in a grove of Aspen trees

Two flowers from the composite family (Asteraceae), 1596-1610. Creators: Anselmus de Boodt, Elias Verhulst
Two flowers from the composite family (Asteraceae), 1596-1610. Commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II

Aster (aster), between 1915 and 1935. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Aster (aster), between 1915 and 1935

Asters and marigolds, (c1900s). Creator: Ida Eléonora de Schulzenheim
Asters and marigolds, (c1900s)

Goldenrod meadows-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Goldenrod meadows-Piegan, c1910. Two girls standing in a field of goldenrod

Aster & Peach Bells
Lydia Jacobs

Edelweiss and Alpine Aster on the Fluhalpe near Zermatt
Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) and Alpine Aster (Aster alpinus) on the Fluhalpe near Zermatt (the Matterhorn visible in the distance) Date: circa 1920s

Eschscholtzia or California Poppy, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Botanical Illustration of Eschscholtzia or California Poppy, Victorian Botanical Illustration Plate 56

USA, Washington State, Seabeck. Purple aster flowers close-up. Date: 04-09-2020

Orange Sulphur on Frikart's Aster Date: 07-10-2021

Orange Sulphur female and male courtship on Frikart's Aster Date: 10-10-2021

Mignonette Aster - Felicia tenella (Brisly-leaved aster, Aster tenellus). Handcolured copperplate engraving
FLO4583797 Mignonette Aster - Felicia tenella (Brisly-leaved aster, Aster tenellus). Handcolured copperplate engraving and botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis The Botanical

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bull thistle, Cirsium vulgare, wildflowers in an apline area of the Olympic National Park, Olympic Peninsula, Washington Date: 08/11/2005

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Wildflowers In Mount Rainier National Park - Washington, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington State, USA Date: 06/12/2010

USA, Washington State, Seabeck. Purple aster flowers close-up

Yellow Salsify, Tragopogon dubius, Capulin Sprints Trail, Sandia Mountains, New Mexico

Coat of arms 17th century Astry and Davison
This image is from a copperplate engraving, and shows part of a roll of arms from Richard Blomes (Britannia), an atlas published in 1673

Pink Alpine Aster blooming. Native to mountains in Europe

USA, New Mexico. Blooming sunflower and asters

Aster
LLM457205 Aster by Hulme, Frederick Edward (1841-1909); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aster. Illustration for Familiar Garden Flowers (Cassell, c 1890).); © Look and Learn

China aster varieties, Callistephus x sinensis. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Japanese aralia or glossy-leaf paper plant, Fatsia japonica. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne

Japanese flower arrangement with orchid
Japanese flower arrangement with lords and ladies, Arum maculatum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835

Titlepage with vignette of Guinea turaco and violet turaco
Titlepage with vignette of Guinea turaco, Tauraco persa buffoni, and violet turaco, Musophaga violacea. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart

China aster, reine marguerite, Callistephus chinensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by D.G. after an illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Charles Malos Guirlande de Flore, Garland of Flowers

Daffodil varieites, Narcisse, Narcissus poeticus and Narcissus pseudonarcissus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by D.G

Golden aster, Heterotheca inuloides (Villous diplocoma, Diplocoma villosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The

Late purple American-aster, Symphyotrichum patens (Spreading hairy-stalk d starwort, Aster patens). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith

Sea aster, Tripolium pannonicum subsp. tripolium (Sea starwort, Aster tripolium). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London

Daisy or Aster species
Italian michaelmas daisy, Aster amellus, alpine aster, Aster alpinus, smooth-leaved fleabane, Erigeron glabellum, showy fleabane, Stenactis speciosa, great Mexican daisy, Leptostelma maxima

Michaelmas daisy, Aster amellus, and self-heal, Prunella vulgaris. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Flax-leaf ankle-aster, Ionactis linariifolia (Aster pulcherrimus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1817

Autumnal asters: Aster novae angliae var. Constance, Aster novae angliae var. Ruber, Aster novae angliae var. Bowman, Aster amygdalinus, and Aster novi belgii Robert Parker

Pyramid-shaped hybrid China asters, Callistephus chinensis. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

China aster cultivars, Callistephus chinensis. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Brittle aster, Aster fragilis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London, 1832

Shewy aster, Aster spectabilis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London, 1832

Flat-topped aster, Doellingeria umbellata (Almond-leaved aster, Aster amygdalinus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S

Panicled aster, Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (Pallid aster, Aster pallens). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Charles M Curtis from Sydenham Edwards Botanical

Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth aster, Aster laevis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London

Smooth aster, Symphyotrichum laeve (Glaucous aster, Aster cyaneus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards Botanical Register

New York aster, Symphyotrichum dumosum (Coris-leaved starwort, Aster coridifolius). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S

Felicia tenella (Bristly-leav d aster, Aster tenellus). Handcolured copperplate engraving and botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh

Blue daisy, Felicia amelloides (Blue-flowered cineraria or Cape aster, Cineraria amelloides). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards rom William Curtis

Curtis British Entomology Plate 766
Coleoptera: Baris analis [Plant: Aster linosyris (Chrysocoma linosyris, Goldilocks)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 114
Siphonoptera: Pulex talpae = Hystrichopsylla talpae (Mole?s Flea) [Plant: Aster tripolium (ray-less var.; Sea Star-wort)] Date: 1824-39

A Bunch of Flowers including a Peony, Roses, Hibiscus, Asters
615622 A Bunch of Flowers including a Peony, Roses, Hibiscus, Asters, Gentian and an Imaginary Blue Butterfly (graphite & w/c with traces of gum Arabic over graphite on vellum) by RedoutA©

Mixed Flowers, Aster sp. Auricula, Ragwort, Viola, Campanula, Gentiana Acaulis
615549 Mixed Flowers, Aster sp. Auricula, Ragwort, Viola, Campanula, Gentiana Acaulis, 1828 (w/c with some bodycolour on vellum) by D Orleans, Louise (1812-52); 26.2x21.2 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum

Asters, 1936 (oil on panel)
NUL117372 Asters, 1936 (oil on panel) by Jawlensky, Alexej von (1864-1941); 40.5x33.5 cm; Private Collection; German, out of copyright

Semi-eggshell beaker cup, Kangxi mark and period 1662-1722
PFR142559 Semi-eggshell beaker cup, Kangxi mark and period 1662-1722 (porcelain with blue underglaze) (see 142601, for underside see 142558) by Chinese School; diam

Livingstone Daisy Dorothanthus, c. 1776 (hand-coloured engraving)
618091 Livingstone Daisy Dorothanthus, c.1776 (hand-coloured engraving) by Buchoz, Pierre-Joseph (1731-1807); Private Collection; (add.info.: from Collection Precieuse et Enluminee, published 1776)

Asters in a Stoneware Jug on a Table, (oil on canvas)
659581 Asters in a Stoneware Jug on a Table, (oil on canvas) by Wiik, Maria (1853-1928); 59.3x48.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Asters in a Stoneware Jug on a Table. Maria Wiik (1853-1928)

Sidesaddle Goldenrod, 1917. Creator: Mary Vaux Walcott
Sidesaddle Goldenrod, 1917

With a bouquet of asters and zinnia
Tatyana Skorokhod

Still life with a bouquet of chrysanthemums and fruits
Tatyana Skorokhod

Aster Engelmann, 1904. Creator: Mary Vaux Walcott
Aster Engelmann, 1904

Queen (Danaus gilippus) feeding at aster flowers

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The aster, also known as the star plant, has captivated artists and nature enthusiasts throughout history. Victorian botanical illustrations beautifully depict these delicate flowers, showcasing their intricate details and vibrant colors. One such masterpiece is Vincent van Gogh's "Vase with Chinese asters and gladioli" from 1886. Found in various regions around the world, including Bombetoka Bay in Madagascar and the Keukenhof Gardens they can a beloved sight for many. These charming blooms often share space with other lovely wildflowers like chamomile, yarrow, milfoil, daisy, mayweed - all elegantly portrayed in Victorian botanical illustrations. In gardens across the globe, Michaelmas daisies (Aster amellus) bloom proudly during late summer or early autumn. Their enchanting presence adds a touch of elegance to any outdoor space. From satellite images of the Eastern Himalayas to desert alluvial fans captured from above, they can be seen dotting landscapes far and wide. Nature's beauty extends beyond just plants; it includes creatures like the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly fluttering gracefully amidst blooming asters. This stunning butterfly species finds solace among these blossoms while adding an extra touch of wonder to any garden. Even volcanic eruptions cannot overshadow the resilience of asters. The Merapi volcanic eruption in June 2006 showcased how life perseveres as edelweiss and alpine aster bravely adorned Fluhalpe near Zermatt despite adversity. Back on more familiar grounds lies another popular member of this floral family: black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia fulgida var. Sullivantii) Goldsturm flowers steal hearts with their golden petals contrasting against a dark center. Whether adorning vases or gracing natural landscapes worldwide, asters continue to inspire awe through their timeless beauty.