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Artist: After Pancrace Bessa
Apocynum androsamifolium - French botanical flower engraving by Bessa, c1830
By After Pancrace Bessa
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Apocynum androsamifolium' (Fly-trap dogbane or spreading dogbane)
Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring.
From 'Herbier general de l'amateur' by Jean Louis A...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic After Pancrace Bessa Art
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Engraving
Yucca filamentosa - French botanical flower engraving by Bessa, c1830
By After Pancrace Bessa
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Yucca filamentosa' (Adam's Needle)
Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring.
From 'Herbier general de l'amateur' by Jean Louis Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps &...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic After Pancrace Bessa Art
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Engraving
Adenandra umbellata - French botanical flower engraving by Bessa, c1830
By After Pancrace Bessa
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Adenandra umbellata'
Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring.
From 'Herbier general de l'amateur' by Jean Louis Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps & Jean Claude M...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic After Pancrace Bessa Art
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Engraving
Albuca Minor - French botanical flower engraving by Bessa, c1830
By After Pancrace Bessa
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Albuca Minor'
Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring.
From 'Herbier general de l'amateur' by Jean Louis Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps & Jean Claude Michel M...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic After Pancrace Bessa Art
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Engraving
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