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1831,TURPIN ORIGINAL FINE ANTIQUE WATERCOLOUR PALM XV6

Description: Title Botanical illustrations and plants explanations. Author Pierre Jean Fraçois Turpin (1775-1840) Date 1830 Sizes 8" 2/3 x 5 1/2 " (22x14 cm) Description Numbered stipple engraving. Original hand coloring. First edition. Superb conditions. Really small TREASURES. Botanical Illustrations 1830 Biography of The Artist P.J.F. Turpin (1775-1840) was a french Botanist and illustrator and his considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrator. Turpin studied drawing at the École des Beaux-Arts in Vire, then, in 1780, enlisted as a soldier in the Calvados battalion. In 1794 he was sent to Haiti, where he met Alexandre Poiteau, a gardener at the Paris Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, who taught him botany. Turpin and Poiteau collaborated in a study of Haitian flora; they collected an herbarium of some 1,200 plants, of which Turpin made drawings of a large number. In 1800 he made a trip to the United States, where he met Humboldt, In 1802 Turpin settled in France to devote himself to botany and botanical illustration. As a botanical artist Turpin achieved a fame equal to that of Redouté. He collaborated on a number of the most important botanical publications of the early nineteenth century, including Humboldt’s Plantae aequinoctiales. . . in ordem digessit Amatus Bonpland, Benjamin Delessert’s Icones selectae plantarum pr. part., and J. L. M. Poiret’s Leçons de flore, to which he contributed fifty-seven plates. He also made a number of drawings for the Flore du dictionnaire des sciences médicales. Description of the work These prints are from an extremely rare work of beautifully hand colored stipple engravings. It derives form the work of the luminaries of the 18th century and the later direction of Turpin. The "Dizionario di Scienze Naturali" in 26 text volumes and 4 atlas volumes came as one of the most extensive and wonderfull Natural History Dictionary. First published in France, it was then published in Italian in 1830 by Batelli & Sons (Ref: Ceresoli). The prints in excellent condition, are beautifully executed stipple engravings in very fine detail, all with original handcolouring. The colours are bright and very intense on a creamy white medium weight paper. Some are heightened with gold & silver. Normal 0 14 false false false IT X-NONE X-NONE

Price: 95 USD

Location: Canavaccio

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Artist: Pierre Jean François Turpin

Unit of Sale: Set

Signed By: P.J.F. Turpin

Size: Small (up to 12in.)

Signed: Yes

Color: Bright & Intense

Date of Creation: 1830

Material: Copper Plate, Paper

Region of Origin: ITALY

Original/Licensed Reprint: Original

Subject: Fruit

Print Surface: Paper

Type: Print

Listed By: Dealer or Reseller

Year of Production: 1831

Style: Biology - Natural History

Theme: Medicinal Plants, Exotic Flowers, Exotic Fruits, Art, Floral, Natural History, Science & Medicine

Features: Antique Watercolour, Signed

Production Technique: Engraving

Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy

Handmade: Yes

Time Period Produced: 1800-1849

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