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

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Lot 83
  • 83

Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Estimate
45,000 - 65,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pierre-Joseph Redouté
  • Rosa rubiginosa zabeth;Rosa rubiginosa vaillantiana

  • Both watercolour over pencil, on vellum, b) on vellum prepared white;
    each signed in brown ink, lower left: P.J. Redouté.
    a) bears illegible numbering in pencil, lower right;
    the mount inscribed in gold: Rosa Rubiginosa Zabeth. and bears numbering in pencil, lower right: 3

    b) the mount inscribed in gold: Rosa Rubiginosa Vaillantiana. and bears pencil numbering, lower right: 5 / 135

Literature

P.-J. Redouté and C.-A. Thory, Les Roses, Paris 1817-24:
a) vol. II, pp. 5-6, engraved by Langlois;
b) vol. III, pp. 95-96, engraved by Victor

Condition

a) Laid down on mount. Some slight discolouration at the margins, where the vellum has been glued down. A tiny yellow/brown stain just below the centre of the right margin. Otherwise the sheet is clear and the watercolour fresh and strong. b) Laid down on mount. Some slight discolouration at the margins from where the sheet has been laid down. A very faint streak of surface dirt near the upper left corner. A tiny, very faint spot stain, near the centre of the left margin. Otherwise the sheet is clear and in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

A semi-double form or hybrid of the sweet-brier, the Rosa Rubiginosa Zabeth is thought to have been named after Queen Elizabeth I of England and is popular for its scented leaves.

Rosa Rubiginosa Vaillantiana, now known as Rosa rubiginosa 'Alba', was found near Paris by the botanist Sébastien Vaillant, who studied and worked at the Jardin des Plantes in the early 17th Century.  White-flowered forms of the sweet-brier rose are very rare.