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

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Tradescantia Rosea

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 Southwood and Cynthia Morcott

Object number2010.55.1

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionBotanical drawing of Tradescantia Rosea (Callisia rosea, Piedmont Roseling), a plant with pink roots, thin green leaves, and small pink three-pointed flowers. Its evolution from bud to flower is depicted near the bottom. Plate 94 from volume II of "Les Liliacées", Paris, 1802-1816.