Musée No:325.280 Size:A4 - 297mm x 210mm Date: 1840 to 1841

Date: 1840 to 1841

Before he turned twenty he went to Paris to study in veterinary school in order to fully understand the anatomy of horses and other animals

but they were never engraved

At the same time he studied medicine and graduated in 1835

Musée No:325.280 Size:A4 - 297mm x 210mm Date: 1840 to 1841Leaf Illustrational with Pale Neutral Border Artist: Pierre Joseph Redout Date: 1801 1819 Pierre Joseph Redout, (1759 1840), was a painter and botanist from Belgium, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at Malmaison, many of which were published as large, colour stipple engravings. He was nicknamed "the Raphael of flowers" and has been called the greatest botanical illustrator of all time.