A pair of Pierre Jean François Turpin seashell hand colored lithographs from Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Mounted under black matting with blue marbled double matting. Artwork in vintage black and gold lined wood frames measure approximately 16" x 12.5" each. Artwork and frames in good, age appropriate condition with light wear.
The French botanist and illustrator Pierre Jean François Turpin is considered one of the greatest floral and botanical illustrators of his time. He began his study of nature while stationed in Haiti in 1794 as a member of the French army. There he met the botanist Pierre Antoine Poiteau and began to create botanical field drawings. As an artist, Turpin was largely self-taught.
