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

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Ixia Polystachia

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 Jeffrey Siegal, with additional funds provided by the David A. Cofrin Acquisition Fund

Object number2011.21

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionBotanical print of Ixia Polystachia (white-and-yellow-flower cornlily), a plant with a bulbous root, thin green stem and leaves, and white flowers with red veining. The plant is cut in half to fit on the page; detail of the flower and seed are included near the bottom. Plate 126 from volume III of "Les Liliacées".