# August, from Twelve Months of Flowers

**Henry Fletcher** (English, 1710–1750)  
n.d.  
Engraving in black ink with opaque and translucent watercolor on cream laid paper  
Image: 40.5 × 30.5 cm (16 × 12 1/16 in.); Sheet: 60 × 46.5 cm (23 5/8 × 18 5/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1946.405. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/127987).

## About this work

Henry Fletcher painted this (n.d.), aged about 20. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of engraving in black ink with opaque and translucent watercolor on cream laid paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Engraving.** Lines cut directly into a metal plate with a steel burin, which makes them swell and taper. It took years to master, and for centuries it was how paintings travelled as pictures.
- **Watercolour.** Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.
- **Laid paper.** Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.

### [Henry Fletcher](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/henry-fletcher)

English, 1710–1750

## Facts

- Type: Print
- Culture: England
- The artist was about 20
- Real size: about 16 × 12 in (40 × 30 cm). The 12 × 16 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 18th century
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

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