Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings from the Collection of Frederick 2nd Lord Hesketh

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Lot 57
  • 57

Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Estimate
45,000 - 65,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pierre-Joseph Redouté
  • Rosa malmundariensis;Rosa pimpinelli folia mariaeburgensis

  • Both watercolour over pencil, on vellum, b) with touches of bodycolour, within gold framing lines;
    a) signed in brown ink, lower left: P.J. Redouté., and bears numbering in pencil, lower right: 15;
    the mount inscribed in gold: Rosa Malmundariensis. and with faint numbering in pencil, lower right: 102

    b) signed in gold, lower left: P.J. Redouté., bears numbering in pencil, lower right: 2;
    the mount inscribed in gold: Rosa Pimpinelli folia Mariaeburgensis.

Literature

P.-J. Redouté and C.-A. Thory, Les Roses, Paris 1817-24:
a) vol. II, pp. 33-34, engraved by Langlois;
b) vol. I, pp. 83-84, engraved by Chapuy

Condition

a) Laid down on mount. Faint shadowing at the edges of the mount from the glue on the verso, but otherwise the sheet is clear and in excellent condtion; b) Laid down on mount. Very slight discolouration at the edges of the sheet from where glued. There is an area of very slight yellowing near the lower right corner, although barely perciptable. A very small yellow spot stain to the right, just below the centre of the sheet. Otherwise the sheet is clear and in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Rosa Malmundariensis is still in cultivation today, and is a form of Rosa montana, a 'dog' rose native to the Ardennes.

Rosa Pimpinelli Folia Mariaeburgensis is a form, possibly a hybrid, of the 'Scotch Brier', with red flower-buds that leave a dark pink stripe down the outside of the petals. The engraved design includes a rosehip near the lower right corner.