Acacia Armata
by REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph, Watercolour and pencil on vellum
This watercolour was produced for the Description Des Plantes Rares Cultiv�es à Malmaison et à Navarre (Paris 1812-17, text by Aim�-Jacques A. Bonpland), an illustrated catalogue of exotic and rare plants grown in the gardens at Empress Josephine’s Châteaux at Malmaison and Navarre. It is signed and dated lower left P. J. Redout� 1813. and inscribed at bottom Acacia Armata.