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Botanical print of Trillium Sessile (toadshade), a plant with a tuberous root, three green outer leaves, three light purple inner leaves, and a deep red flower with three petals.
Trillium Sessile
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Trillium Sessile

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 number2010.86.8
Collections
Visual DescriptionBotanical print of Trillium Sessile (toadshade), a plant with a tuberous root, three green outer leaves, three light purple inner leaves, and a deep red flower with three petals. Plate 133 from volume III of "Les Liliacées".
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Pierre-Joseph Redouté
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Pierre-Joseph Redouté
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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.
Moraea Sordescens
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Limodorum Tankerwillae
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Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Commelina Erecta
Commelina Erecta
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical drawing of Caryophyllata Sylvestris with green thorny stems and leaves, yellow flowers, pink bulbs, and roots showing.
Iris Tuberosa
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Gladiolus Cuspidatus
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Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical 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.
Tradescantia Rosea
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.
Ixia Radiata
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical 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.
Ixia Polystachia
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical print of Scilla Umbellata (spring squill), a plant with a bulbous root, thin green stem and leaves, and a cluster of small light blue flowers. Detail of the seeds included near the bottom.
Scilla Umbellata
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
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