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Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum

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Title:

Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum

Caption:

Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.

Credit:

Album / Florilegius

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Image size:

4349 x 6991 px | 87.0 MB

Print size:

36.8 x 59.2 cm | 14.5 x 23.3 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1776 • ARTFORM • BLOOM • BLOSSOM • BOTANICAL • BOTANIST • BULLIARD • CELEBRITY • DIDOT • DRUG • DRUGS: OPIUM • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • FAMOUS • FLORA • FLOWER • FLOWERS • FRENCH • HANDCOLOURED • IMPRESSION • NARCOTIC • OPIUM • PAPAVER • PARIS • PARISIENSIS • PAVOT • PIERRE • PLATE • POPPY SEED • POPPY • PRINT • PRINTING • SOMNIFERUM • TECHNICAL • TECHNIQUE • TECHNOLOGY • TEHNOLOGY • THREE