Album Vilmorin Vegetable Print #11 Style:France, c. 2000s the Revolutionary Action Committee of

the Revolutionary Action Committee of Montrouge"

please note signs of handling that have been improved with linen backing

"And then one dark and cloudy day

Portrait of a child with blue speckled hair

Album Vilmorin Vegetable Print #11 Style:France, c. 2000s the Revolutionary Action Committee of"Album Vilmorin No. 11 1864 Vilmorin Andrieux & Cie." Vilmorin Andrieux and Company was an important seed company that got its start from printing these plates in 1850, following the expertise of Philippe Victoire de Vilmorin, a merchant and botanist, and his father in law Pierre Andrieux, official botanist to the King of France. The company contributed to the advancement of botany and agronomic knowledge of the time. Elisa Champin originally painted