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Allium Fragrans
Allium Fragrans
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Allium Fragrans

Artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté (French, 1759 - 1840)
Date1802-1816
MediumStipple engraving, hand colored
Dimensions20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by John and Wendy Duryea
Object number2010.86.4
Visual DescriptionBotanical drawing of Allium Fragrans, a plant with a bulbous root, thin green stem and leaves, and small flowers with petals that are white and pink. Plate 68 from volume II of "Les Liliacées".
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Botanical print of Allium Carolinianum, a plant with thin green stem and leaves, bulbous root, green buds, and clusters of tiny white flowers.
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Botanical drawing of Allium Obtusiflorum, a plant with a bulbous white root, green stem and thin green leaves, and a cluster of small white flowers.  Additional drawings of the flowers are depicted near the bottom.
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Botanical print of Moraea Sordescens, a plant with thin green stem and leaves, bulbous root, green buds, and flowers with pink, red, and yellow petals.  Additional details of the flowers buds and seeds are included at bottom right.
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
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Allium Striatum
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1802-1816
Botanical print of Allium Sulcatum (white garlic, flowering onion), a plant with a bulbous root, green stem and leaves, and small white flowers.  The full plant is shown, as well as a close-up of the stem and flowers; detail of the root, flower, seed, and stem are included also.
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
a flowering plant with a purple flower
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
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Botanical print of Allium Sphaerocephalon (Drumstick Allium, round-headed leek, round-headed garlic, ball-head onion), a plant with a thin green stem and leaves, and a round cluster of tiny purple flowers.  Detail of the stem included near the bottom.
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
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Pierre-Joseph Redouté
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Botanical drawing of Crocus Minimus ("Spring Beauty"), a plant with a bulbous brown root, white stem, thin green leaves, and a light purple flower.  The plant is depicted twice, along with additional drawing of the flower near the bottom.
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical print of Ixia Radiata, a plant with thin green stem and leaves, and white flowers with some pink on the underside of their petals.  Additional detail of the flowers is included at the bottom left.
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
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