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C1816
Caoutchouc [India Rubber-Tree]
Artist:
Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1755 - 1840)
Very fine stipple engraving of the rubber fig plant from one of the most important French medicinal herbals of the 19th century. Rare. The rubber fig was used to make rubber but is now used for ornamental reasons. From Chaumeton, Flore … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Caoutchouc [India Rubber-Tree]
Date:
C1816
Artist:
Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1755 - 1840)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Stipple engraving printed in colour and with original hand colouring
Image Size:
90mm
x 160mm
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Genuine antique
dated:
1816
Description:
Very fine stipple engraving of the rubber fig plant from one of the most important French medicinal herbals of the 19th century. Rare.
The rubber fig was used to make rubber but is now used for ornamental reasons.
From Chaumeton, Flore Medicale
References, Nissen BBI 349; Plesch 131; Pritzel 1679.
Biography:
Pierre Jean François Turpin (1755-1840)
Turpin is ranked among the greatest floral illustrators of the Napoleonic Era.
In 1794 he was stationed in Haiti as a member of the French Army. Here he met botanist Pierre Antoine Poiteau (1766-1854), through whom, Turpin learned botany. Turpin would have a working relationship with Poiteau throughout his career. Through his collaboration with Poiteau and other naturalists, Turpin created some of the finest watercolors and illustrations of plants that are known to exist.
