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C1828
Epacris piquante. Epacris pungens.
Artist:
Pierre Jean François Turpin (1755 - 1840)
Fine stipple engraving of Port Jackson Heath, Epacris purpurascens var. purpurascens a Australian plant from the heath family. It grows in swamps and scrubby country on sandstone based soils around the Gosford and Sydney region of central eastern New South … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Epacris piquante. Epacris pungens.
Date:
C1828
Artist:
Pierre Jean François Turpin (1755 - 1840)
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Stipple engraving, hand coloured.
Image Size:
90mm
x 155mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1828
Description:
Fine stipple engraving of Port Jackson Heath, Epacris purpurascens var. purpurascens a Australian plant from the heath family. It grows in swamps and scrubby country on sandstone based soils around the Gosford and Sydney region of central eastern New South Wales.
Biography:
Pierre Jean François Turpin (1755-1840)
Turpin 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.
