Anemone , Oeil de paon, Pavonina Trees and Leaves

Anemone , Oeil de paon, Pavonina Trees and LeavesWatercolour on vellum of Anemone plant by Pierre Turpin. This is taken from an album of 25 original drawings of flowers which include un coloured dissections of the flowers and seeds beneath the main illustration. Examples of Turpin's work were held in the collections of the French and Austrian monarchies.

A Polyanthos

Belgian born Redouté achieved success as a painter working for the French royal court tutoring Marie Antionette and later from 1798 was appointed to paint the flowers of Malmaison by Josephine Bonaparte

Painted at Colesborne

Watercolour of Lilium speciosum (showy Japanese lily) by Caroline Maria Applebee painted c

Erythronium revolutum

Plate 20 from J L M Poiret's book 'Lecons de Flore' depicting flower types printed or painted on vellum

intermedia (peony) by Lilian Snelling

Watercolour of 'Menthe des jardins' (Mentha longifolia) taken from volume II of 'Flore du désert: receuil des fleurs odorantes dans un coin consacré à une amie'

published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine

Illustrated plates from a Victorian childrens book 'The Alphabet of Flowers' published by John Dicks of 313

hand-finished stipple engraving entitled Anémone étoilée : Anemone stellata

Colour woodblock print of Iris Oyoku-Ho-Ren from the catalogue of the Yokohama nursery of Seitaro Arai which specialised in Iris kaempferi