Texan Turtle Dove (Plate 496)
The cartouche depicts interwoven pieces and is adorned with the fierce heads of creatures
but his work was deeply inspired by the Connecticut countryside
written by Ferdinand V
and Winslow Homer in the last decades of the nineteenth century
PIERRE JEAN FRANÇOIS TURPIN (FRENCH, 1775–1840). Wild Indigo. 1808–1827. email Texan Turtle Dove (Plate 496)PIERRE JEAN FRANOIS TURPIN (FRENCH, 17751840) Indigofera [Anil] [today known as Indigofera suffruticosa, Wild indigo, also known as indigo, Guatamala indigo, ail, ail de pasto, and ti cafe] Preparatory drawing for F. R. Tussac, Flore des Antilles, ou histoire gnrale botanique, rurale et economique des vgtaux indignes des Antilles. Paris: chez lauteur, F. Schoell et Hautel, 18081827. Vol. 2, Pl. 9 Watercolor and pencil on paper Inscribed Indigofera