Redoute Original Watercolor of a Leek Lily
REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph (BELGIAN, 1759-1840).
Watercolor for plate 283: "Leek Lily" Anthericum aloides.
Watercolor and graphite on vellum.
Signed "P.J. Redoute" lower left.
Prepared for Les Liliacees ca. 1802-1816.
18 5/8" x 13 1/8" vellum, 25 1/4" x 19 3/4" framed.
Country of Origin: Mainly Summer rainfall South Africa (Eastern Cape extending to Uniondale in the Western Cape). Originally the Latin word bulbus meant bulb and tuber, ie thickened vegetative organ. Only after Linnaeus the meaning was restricted to storing leaves = bulb as a term of morphology. In Bulbine there is no bulb but a tuber.
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REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph (BELGIAN, 1759-1840).
Watercolor for plate 283: "Leek Lily" Anthericum aloides.
Watercolor and graphite on vellum.
Signed "P.J. Redoute" lower left.
Prepared for Les Liliacees ca. 1802-1816.
18 5/8" x 13 1/8" vellum, 25 1/4" x 19 3/4" framed.
Country of Origin: Mainly Summer rainfall South Africa (Eastern Cape extending to Uniondale in the Western Cape). Originally the Latin word bulbus meant bulb and tuber, ie thickened vegetative organ. Only after Linnaeus the meaning was restricted to storing leaves = bulb as a term of morphology. In Bulbine there is no bulb but a tuber.
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