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

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Moraea Sordescens

Artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté (French, 1759 - 1840)

Date1802-1816

MediumStipple engraving, hand colored

Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Terry White

Object number2010.57.3

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionBotanical 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. Plate 71 from volume II of "Les Liliacées".