Caption:
Scarlet damask rose, Rosa damascena coccinea, Rosier de Portland. Hybrid of Rosa gallica and Rosa moschata. Stipple copperplate engraving by Rosine-Antoinette Bessin handcoloured a la poupee after a botanical illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from the first folio edition of Les Roses, Firmin Didot, Paris, 1817.