Semence d'anis étoilé (Star Anise and other seeds)
Information
Title
Semence d'anis etoile (Star Anise and other seeds)
Record type
Drawings
Original Reference
A/RV/V2/56
Author or creator
Ledoulx, Pierre Francois (1730-1807)
Role
Artist
Date
c.1800
Scope & content
Watercolour of ten varieties of nuts and seeds, numbered 1-10. 1. Semence d'anis etoile /2. semence de poivre blanc di mignoinette / 3. [blank]/ 4. [blank] /5. Meheubetbeue sine Capillis lat blathe [?] indieu hazelnuts attend / cinq especes de noix appellees par Remburtus Dodoneus mirabolanae dont ici. 6. mirabolau bellerici, / 7. mebuli, 8. citrini, 9. indicim sive nigrim et 10. Emblici ; LR: signed by the artist: 'P. Ledoulx pxt'. 1. Star Anise seed / 2. White pepper pods / 3. / 4. / 5. five varieties of nuts described by Flemish botanist Rembert Dodoens (1517-1585), 6-10 use names assigned by Dodoens
Extent
1 item
Physical description
watercolour painting (technique). watercolour (paint). laid paper