Watercolour, gouache, and gum arabic on vellum titled 'Orchidées. Ophrys abeille. Ophrys apifera', by the artist Pierre Turpin. From an album of 25 original drawings of flowers which include un-coloured dissections of the flowers and seeds beneath the main illustration.
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Image Reference
LIB0002795
Date
circa 1820
'Orchidées. Ophrys abeille. Ophrys apifera'
print by Turpin, Pierre Jean Francois (1775-1840) (Artist)