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Botanical print of Furcraea Gigantea (Mauritius hemp), a plant with green stem and leaves, and white drooping flowers.
Furcraea Gigantea
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Furcraea Gigantea

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, with additional funds provided by the David A. Cofrin Acquisiton Fund
Object number2010.85
Collections
Visual DescriptionBotanical print of Furcraea Gigantea (Mauritius hemp), a plant with green stem and leaves, and white drooping flowers. Plate 476 from volume VIII of "Les Liliacées".
Botanical print of Allium Sulcatum (white garlic, flowering onion), a plant with a bulbous root, green stem and leaves, and small white flowers. The full plant is shown, as well as a close-up of the stem and flowers; detail of the root, flower, seed, and stem are included also.
Allium Sulcatum
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 Candida, a plant with a bulbous root, thin green stem, green leaves, and white flowers. Detail of the flower and seed are included near the bottom.
Ixia Candida
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical print of Ixia Crispa, a plant with a bulbous root, thin green stems, green crinkle leaves, and pink flowers. Detail of the flower and seeds are included near the bottom.
Ixia Crispa
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical print of Medeola Asparagoides (bridal creeper), a vining plant with thin green stem, green leaves and white flowers. Detail of the flower and seed included near the bottom.
Medeola Asparagoides
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Pancratium Croceum
Pancratium Croceum
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical print of Hyacinthus Amethystinus (amethyst hyacinth), a plant with a thin green stem and leaves, bulbous root, and drooping blue flowers. Additional drawings of the seeds and flowers are near the bottom.
Hyacinthus Amethystinus
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Lachenalia Luteola
Lachenalia Luteola
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Fritillaria Latifolia
Fritillaria Latifolia
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Neottia Elata
Neottia Elata
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical print of Pitcairnia Angustifolia (pina cortadora), a plant with thin spiky green leaves, a thin green stem, and thin red flowers. The plant is cut in half to show all of it on one page; details of the flowers and seeds are included near the bottom.
Pitcairnia Angustifolia
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Gladiolus Cuspidatus
Gladiolus Cuspidatus
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816

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