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

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Scilla Umbellata

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 Peter DeSorcy

Object number2011.9.2

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionBotanical 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. Plate 166 from volume III of "Les Liliacées".