Beautiful Redouté illustration of Erica or Heath, Bruyere.
$25.00
Redouté botanical: pretty dark pink multi-blossomed Erica or Heath.
Reproduction printed from a hand-coloured stipple engraving by Langlois after a painting by Pierre Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) for his "Choix des plus belles fleurs et des plus beaux fruits" (Choice of the most beautiful flowers and fruit) published in Paris between 1827 and 1830.
Redoute painted exquisite watercolours on vellum for his employer Napoleon's Empress Josephine to record the plants and flowers in her extensive gardens at Malmaison.
Page size: 13 x 10 inches or 33 x 25cm. We recommend framing with art glass to prevent fading.
