# Wild Roses and Irises

**John La Farge** (American, 1835–1910)  
1887  
Gouache and watercolor on white wove paper  
14 1/2 x 10 7/16 in. (36.8 x 26.5 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 50.113.3. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11376).

## About this work

John La Farge painted this in 1887, aged 52. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Opaque watercolour.** Watercolour made opaque with white or chalk and laid in flat, even layers. Persian and Indian painters ground their colours from minerals, applied them with the finest brushes and burnished the finished page.
- **Watercolour.** Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.

### [John La Farge](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/john-la-farge)

American, 1835–1910; born in New York; died in Providence, Rhode Island

## Facts

- Type: Watercolor
- Culture: American
- The artist was 52
- Real size: about 14 × 10 in (37 × 27 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Realism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/realism)
- Subjects: Flowers, Roses
- Colour: olive
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/843.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/843/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- 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

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/wild-roses-and-irises-met-11376).