Redouté illustration of Three-coloured White Hibiscus Syriacus.

by Redouté, Pierre Joseph

Redoute print of pretty yellow-stamened, red-centred white hibiscus.

Reproduction from a hand-coloured stipple engraving by Bessin after a painting by Pierre Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) for his "Choix des plus belles fleurs et des plus beaux fruits" (Choice of the most beautiful flowers and fruit) published in Paris between 1827 and 1830.

Redoute painted exquisite watercolours on vellum for his employer Napoleon's Empress Josephine to record the plants and flowers in her extensive gardens at Malmaison.

Page size: 33 x 25cm (13 x 10 inches). The paper is the same colour as the others in this section. This one was not scanned well.