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C1808
Melastoma lutescens
Artist:
Pierre Jean Fran�ois Turpin (1775 - 1840)
Pierre Jean Fran�ois Turpin (1775, Vire – 1 May 1840) was a French botanist and illustrator. He is considered one of the greatest floral and botanical illustrators during the Napoleonic Era and afterwards. Bonpland: after serving as a surgeon in … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Melastoma lutescens
Date:
C1808
Artist:
Pierre Jean Fran�ois Turpin (1775 - 1840)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Original stipple engraving, printed in colour printed a la poup�e.
Image Size:
280mm
x 440mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1808
Description:
Pierre Jean Fran�ois Turpin (1775, Vire – 1 May 1840) was a French botanist and illustrator. He is considered one of the greatest floral and botanical illustrators during the Napoleonic Era and afterwards. Bonpland: after serving as a surgeon in the French army, and studying under Jean-Nicolas Corvisart at Paris, Bonpland accompanied Alexander von Humboldt during five years of travel in Mexico, Colombia and the districts bordering on the Orinoco and Amazon rivers. In these explorations he collected and classified about 60 000 plants. From, Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and Aim� Bonpland’s (1773-1858) Plantes Equinoxales (1808).
