Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
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138<br />
Pierre-Joseph REDOUTÉ<br />
Flemish 1759–1840<br />
Louis-Jean ALLAIS engraver<br />
French 1762–1833<br />
Josephinia imperatricis<br />
plate no. 67 in Jardin de la Malmaison (The garden at<br />
Malmaison) Vol. 2 by Étienne Pierre Ventenat, published<br />
by L. H. Herhan, Paris 1804<br />
1803–04<br />
colour engraving<br />
Rare Books Collection, State Library <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong>, Melbourne RARESEF 580.V56J, vol.2<br />
The publication <strong>of</strong> Jardin de la Malmaison<br />
(The garden at Malmaison), commissioned<br />
by Josephine, was begun just four years<br />
after she purchased the Malmaison estate.<br />
This two-volume work contained 120<br />
plant descriptions, each with a full-page<br />
illustration by Redouté, and included fortysix<br />
Australian plants. The large number<br />
reflected the timing <strong>of</strong> the return <strong>of</strong> Baudin’s<br />
ships which delivered an enormous variety<br />
<strong>of</strong> new specimens for Josephine. The work<br />
was published not only to serve Josephine’s<br />
scientific interests but as a statement <strong>of</strong> her<br />
wealth and power.<br />
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