The Old Print Shop

Pyrus communis. Poirier commun. T.6. No. 69.

  • ARTIST: Pancrace Bessa

  • PUBLISHER: Published Paris.

  • MEDIUM: Stipple engraving printed in colors and finished by hand,

    DATE: 1800-1825.

  • EDITION SIZE: Average platemark 12 1/8 x 8 7/8" (30.8 x 22.6 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Drawn by Bessa, a colleague of Pierre Joseph Redoute, probably the most celebrated flower painter in history, From Henru Louis Duhamel de Monceau's "Traite des Arbres et Arbustes."

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Overall good condition with original color. large stain at the right paper edge into plate line. Priced as-is.

  • REFERENCE: DeBelder #111. Dunthorne #243. Nissen #549.