Rhododendron arboreum Drawn in the Royal Nepalese Botanical Garden at Godaveri, near Kathmandu, Nepal. This is Henry’s second print from a rhododendron drawing made in 1979. Like Van Gogh, who did many studies of sunflowers, Henry occasionally made a new rendition from an old drawing. All new blocks were cut for this version of the Nepalese national flower. The first seeds of Rhododendron arboreum were sent to England from the Himalayas in about 1820. In 1850, Sir Joseph Hooker’s expedition brought back more than 40 species of rhododendrons. The hybridizers have had a field day ever since. —Marsha Onomiya Evans
126 copies were printed and sell for $300 each.