Gratiole [Gratiola, hedgehyssop]
F. P. Chaumeton, 1828-1832. Print. Print, 6 x 3.5 inches, on sheet 9.5 x 6 inches. Handcolored. After Redoute, Turpin was, in the words of Wilford Blunt, the last word on botanical illustrators, 'possibly the greatest of all the French botanical painters of his day.' This judgement is borne out.....