Redouté, Pierre-Joseph. "Wild or Red-flowered Banana". Prepared for Les Liliacées, ca. 1802-1816. bayer_11_17 first issued by Thomas Jefferys

first issued by Thomas Jefferys in London and later copied by Lotter

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and scholars who sought to understand and navigate the complex and distant regions of East Asia

PROVENANCE: Near contemporary ownership inscription of F Ollivier on the recto of each first blank

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Redouté, Pierre-Joseph. "Wild or Red-flowered Banana". Prepared for Les Liliacées, ca. 1802-1816. bayer_11_17 first issued by Thomas JefferysPierre Joseph Redout Watercolor for plate 308: "Wild or Red flowered Banana" Musa coccinea Prepared for Les Liliaces ca. 1802 1816 Watercolor and graphite on vellum Signed 'P. J. Redoute' lower left 18 7 8" x 13 1 2" vellum, 29 1 2" x 24 1 2" framed Provenance: Acquired from the artist by the Empress Josphine; Prince Eugne de Beauharnais; by descent through the Dukes of Leuchtenberg; Bibliothque Eugne de Beauharnais; Braus Riggenbach and Ulrico Hoepli