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

Allium Longispathum

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 number2011.9.5

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionBotanical drawing of Allium Longispathum (Mediterranean onion), a plant with a bulbous root, thin green stem and leaves, and a cluster of tiny white flowers with pink buds. Details of the seed and flowers included near the bottom. Plate 316 from volume VI of "Les Liliacées".