REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph (1759-1840). Ixia Tricolor, Plate 129. American Paintings Ornithological Robert Thornton was determined that

Robert Thornton was determined that his country produce the greatest series of botanical illustrations of all time

English surveying and mapmaking methods developed during the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530 when large amounts of formerly Church land came onto the onto the private market were employed and refined in North America

so both appear to be independent copies

As a product of England’s growing national identity during the early Stuart period

Their coloration ranges from silvery white to dark brown

REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph (1759-1840). Ixia Tricolor, Plate 129. American Paintings Ornithological Robert Thornton was determined thatPierre Joseph Redout (1759 1840) Ixia Tricolor, Plate 129. From Les Liliaces Paris, 1807. Stipple engravings with original hand coloring Sheet size: approx. 20 1 8" x 13 1 2"