ARTIST: Pancrace Bessa
PUBLISHER: Published Paris.
MEDIUM: Stipple engraving printed in colors and finished by hand,
DATE: 1800-1825.
EDITION SIZE: Average platemark 12 x 8 1/2" (305 x 217 mm).
DESCRIPTION: Drawn by Bessa, a colleague of Pierre Joseph Redoute, probably the most celebrated flower painter in history. From Duhamel de Monceau's "Traite des Arbres et Arbustes." This engraving depicts cassia corymbosa, also known as senna corymbosa, Argentine senna or tree senna. It is a small flowering tree or shrub.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Fine condition with original color.
REFERENCE: DeBelder #111. Dunthorne #243. Nissen #549.
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