Redouté. Roses Maps between the early seventeenth and

between the early seventeenth and the early twentieth centuries

Morris supervised every detail of production

Starved for adventure and release

is because he was a London-based government official first and a poet second

Redouté fortuitously acquired some of the most influential patrons of the time

Redouté. Roses Maps between the early seventeenth andThe revered tradition of botanical illustration dates back to the Renaissance. It emerged from the desire to catalog nature in its unpredictable splendor, and the process demanded the most precise and talented of artists. With a remarkable skill that captured the most intricate subjects in nature, Pierre Joseph Redout is widely considered the best painter and engraver of botanical illustration. Working from live plants rather than from the herbarium