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

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Ornithogalum Longibracteatum

Artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté (French, 1759 - 1840)

Date1817-1824

MediumEngraving with original hand coloring

Dimensions14 x 21 in. (35.6 x 53.3 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Steven Berzin

Object number2012.58.3

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PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionBotanical drawing of Ornithogalum Longibracteatum (pregnant onion), a plant that has been cut in half, showing the bulbous root, then green stem and leaves, and tiny white flowers in various stages of blooming. Plate 120 from volume II of "Les Liliacées".