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Image Not Available for Cactus peruvianus/ Cierge du Pérou (Cereus hexagonus, Cereus sirinamensis, Cereus peruvinanus) ( from P. J. Redouté [ Augustin Pyramus de Candolle], "Plantarum Historia Succulentarum", Paris, 1799)

Cactus peruvianus/ Cierge du Pérou (Cereus hexagonus, Cereus sirinamensis, Cereus peruvinanus) ( from P. J. Redouté [ Augustin Pyramus de Candolle], "Plantarum Historia Succulentarum", Paris, 1799)

(French, born in Flanders, 1759–1840)
published 1799
Place of PublicationParis
Medium/TechniqueStipple engraving, printed in color
DimensionsPlatemark: 27.8 x 20.2 cm (10 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 36.3 x 30.3 cm (14 5/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of George P. Dike—Elita R. Dike Collection
Accession number69.299
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceElita R. Dike, Brookline; to her spouse George P. Dike, Brookline; bequest to MFA May 14, 1969
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