1819
Maker: Redoute
Antique botanical print showing Lycium lanceolatum, common names Chinese matrimony vine, Chinese boxthorn, Goji berry and Chinese wolfberry. Published in Traite Des Arbres Et Arbustes Que Lon Cultive En France En Pleine Terre Artist by Duhamel du Monceau with with hand-colored engravings by the artist Pierre Joseph Redouté. He employed the newly developed process of stipple engraving, a process in which the image was composed of a series of dots on a copper plate. Color was added 'a la poupee'; applied with rags directly to the plate each time the plate is printed. Additional hand-coloring was applied in order to achieve the subtlety of color Redoute desired. Good to very good antique condition with mild toning of the paper and some tiny spots. Approx. 11.75 x 8.75 inches to the platemark. Matted to 17.5 x 13.25 inches.
Item Number: NAT1068