Am I a camellia? Where did I come from?

Not Zehpirine -- way too pink. Not New Dawn, although the configuration for the first three-quarters of blossoming is very like. But it, too, is more pink than mine. Besides which, if I recall correctly, New Dawn is a much younger rose than mine would have been. (My mother-the-horticulturist would be so proud that I remembered that!)

Thank you for trying!!

 

New Dawn is 1930, so does that seem too young? Lovely rose - I wonder if yours was one of her ancestors, maybe.

 

I thought you all might enjoy seeing this engraved and hand-tinted book plate showing mid-19th century roses. I had enough info to be able to successfully search for this one, and determined it's from Vol. II of Anne Pratt's The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain, published in 1855.

The roses shown are...

1. Dickson Rose (Rosa Dicksona)
2. Red Fruited Dwarf Rose (R. rubella)
3. Slightly Scented Briar (R. inodora)
4. True Sweet Briar (R. rubiginosa)
5. Close Styled Dog Rose (R. systyla)

 

I scanned through most of the replies and am not sure if the artist was ID. If not you might try Mary Lawrance's plates. She predated Redouté by about 20 years. I have a print of her "Provence Rose."

https://www.google.com/search?q=Mar...853&bih=493#tbm=isch&q="Mary+Lawrance"+plates

Here are most of her plates from her "Collection of Roses from Nature" on the NY Public Library website.
Intro:
http://exhibitions.nypl.org/treasures/items/show/142
Images:
http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/...om-nature?keywords=lawrance+roses#/?tab=about

--- Susan

 

Thanks, Susan. The NY Public Library website looks like a good resource. I'm pretty sure I was on it before, but have never really checked it out.

 

I think they might be peonies (Peony)!

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfingstrosen#/media/File:Pfingstrosen.JPG (this is in German)
https://www.google.com/search?q=peo...ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMIkujimoT8yAIViTY-Ch01_Ad2

http://aflorae.com/peony/

 

I love peonies... they're beautiful flowers!

The shape of the flower on my print is round like the peonies I'm familiar with, but the petals are curved in the opposite direction. As far as I know, peony petals always curve frontwards.

 

That's true. Could they be these? Rambler Roses??
You have to scroll down a bit.
http://www.pergolaplans4free.co.uk/climbingroses.html

 

To be honest, I'm really not sure what type of rose it is. There have been several good suggestions in the thread, plus the print is probably at least 150 years old and there were different variants back then, so at this point I'm hesitant to try to narrow it down more.

I plan on listing the print, and probably will leave it open to the buyer to decide for him/herself.

Thanks, everyone, for all the suggestions!