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Inga filipes

Print
1803-1808 (made)
Artist/Maker
Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (maker)

Series: Each lettered with the title, and the names of the artist and engraver

Techniques: Engravings


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleInga filipes
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Brief description
Plates (40, mostly duplicates), from Pierre Etienne Ventenat's Choix de Plantes, dont la plupart sone cultivees dans le jardin de Cels, Paris.
Physical description
Series: Each lettered with the title, and the names of the artist and engraver

Techniques: Engravings
Dimensions
  • Each approx height: .55.5cm
  • Each approx width: 34.4cm
Series Measurements: Each approx. 55.5 x 34.4 cm
Production
Series Date: 1803-1808
Bibliographic references
  • Series: Nissen, C. Die botanische Buchillustration, 2 volumes (Stuttgart, 1951-56), no. 2032.
  • Series: Dunthorne, G. Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and early 19th Centuries (London, 1938), p.256
  • Series: Magnificent Botanical Books, Sotheby's (London) Sale Catalogue, 27-28 April, 1987, lot no. 372.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1330-1989

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
Record URL
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