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Botanical illustration

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Alfred Riocreux botanical watercolors

Collection Identifier: arn00007
Scope and Content:

The Riocreux watercolors comprise 87 original watercolor paintings in [matting]. The watercolors have been detached from the binding. The paintings vary in size from 22 x 28 cm up to 29 x 36 cm. There are two plates numbered 73 but they are not duplicates. Sixty-one illustrations were reproduced in Auguste Loiseleur Deslongchamps’s Herbier Général de l'Amateur, Deuxiéme série, t.1 (Paris: Didot Jeune, 1839).