Anona triloba (North American Pawpaw)
1800 - 1819. This print originates from Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau's "Traité des arbres et arbustes que l'on cultive en France en pleine terre" (Treatise on Trees and Shrubs Cultivated in France), specifically the expanded second edition often called the "Nouveau Duhamel.", published in Paris between 1800 - 1819. Pierre-Joseph Redoute was a Austrian Netherlands painter and botanist known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers, many published as large coloured stipple engravings. Nicknamed the "Raphael of Flowers" and has been called the greatest botanical illustrator of all time. Redouté was an official court artist of Marie Antoinette, and continued painting through the French Revolution and Reign of Terror. After Queen Marie-Antoinette, his patrons included both of Napoleon's wives – Empress Joséphine and Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma – as well as Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, wife of Louis Philippe I, the last king of France. Now commonly classified as Asimina triloba. Asimina triloba (North American Pawpaw) is a small, deciduous understory tree native to the eastern US and Canada, renowned for producing the largest edible tree-born fruit native to the continent. The fruit, known for its custard-like, sweet, tropical flavor (banana/mango/melon), ripens in late summer. A few marks and spots, slight age toning. Please examine the photo for condition 500 by 330mm (19¾ by 13 inches). Item #32324
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