Desert Horsepurslane by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1802 jamaica Hermit Warbler

Hermit Warbler

The 1830s was a period of considerable political flux

from the bustling Stranraer to the quaint Isle of Whithorn

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Sitta canadensis

Desert Horsepurslane by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1802 jamaica Hermit WarblerDesert Horsepurslane, originally titled Trianthema Monogyna, was first published in 1802. This exquisite Victorian botanical illustration is the work of Pierre Joseph Redout, one of the most celebrated botanical illustrators in history. Born in Belgium, Redout found early artistic success as the painting tutor to Marie Antoinette. Later, at the request of Josephine Bonaparte, the wife of General Napolon, he devoted much of his life to painting the