Redoute botanical illustration. Pavot. Papaver. Redoute Red Poppy

$30.00

Elegant image of the back of a red poppy with black base.

Reproduction 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.

The full size of this print is 13 x 10 inches or 33 x 25cm.

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