New York, NY. Art Resource is pleased to announce that it has been chosen as the official photo permissions representative for the The LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden, housing one of the world’s premiere botanical and horticultural image archives.

The library is particularly strong in the many aspects
of horticulture and landscape design. The foundations of botanical science are well represented in early manuscripts and printed herbals since the Middle Ages. The 3,100-volume folio collection is notable for its holdings of fine 18th- and 19th-century botanical illustrations.

In keeping with the summer season, Art Resource has prepared a lightbox containing highlights from The New York Botanical Garden collections.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW LIGHTBOX

About Art Resource

Art Resource is the largest and most comprehensive photo archive of fine art in the world, with more than two million images from over 6,000 museums and archaeological sites, as well as from the principal commercial archives of Europe. It licenses fine art images of painting, sculpture, architecture and the minor arts for commercial and editorial purposes.

Art Resource also functions as the official and exclusive representative for a number of U.S. and European museums including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; The Smithsonian American Art Museum; The Pierpont Morgan Library; The New York Public Library; The Tate Modern and Tate Britain; The Jewish Museum of New York; and all 51 national and regional museums of France, including The Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, Musée Picasso, The Centre Pompidou, and The Musée and Chateau of Versailles.

The Art Resource digital library (http://www.artres.com) contains more than 250,000 fine art images and grows daily. Our web site allows the user to search, gather and review image selections, download digital files and make purchases. With its extensive collection, and highly trained research staff to help clients find the perfect image, the services and scope of Art Resource are without parallel.