{"product_id":"texas-wildflowers","title":"Texas Wildflowers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFacsimile reproductions of more than 100 botanical paintings of the wildflowers of Texas, as painted in watercolors by Eliza Griffin Johnston in the 1800's.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese beautiful watercolor images of Texas wild flowers were created in the 1840s and 1850s by Eliza Griffin Johnston, bound into a book, and given to her husband, General Albert Sidney Johnston for his birthday.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1862, during the Civil War, General Johnston was killed at the Battle of Shiloh. In 1894, Eliza’s friend, Rebecca Jane Fisher, of The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, began acquiring artifacts from the Republic of Texas era for a museum and asked Eliza for something that had belonged to the General. It was through those efforts that the chapter received the book, which remained in an Austin bank vault for many years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schiffer Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42479623536738,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/1432\/files\/9780764338632_1024x1024_c48beec9-e5bd-4505-8ac7-20141c8e80b5.webp?v=1769187504","url":"https:\/\/thesilverbarn.com\/products\/texas-wildflowers","provider":"The Silver Barn","version":"1.0","type":"link"}