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Caption: American lotus, Nelumbo lutea. Nelumbium luteum, Nelumbo giallo dAmerica. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by Corsi, drawn and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century.
Credit: Album / Florilegius
Image size: 3586 × 7664 px | 78.6 MB
Print size: 30.4 × 64.9 cm | 1411.8 × 3017.3 in (300 dpi)