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Last Name Prévost

Given Name Jean Louis Robert

alt. Names J. L. R. R. ; Prévost fils / Jean Robert Prévost ;

Marriage

Children

Year born 1760 fl.

Year died 1810 after

Place of death

Father's occupation

Relatives artist uncle Guillaume Prevost (before 1736-1788)

Education

Country of Activity France

Worked for botanist Antoine Nicolas Duchesne (1747-1827) ; Milet-Mureau: Voyage de La Pérouse (1797) ; J. L. R. P.: Collection des Fleurs et Fruits (Paris 1805: plate 15) ;

Patronage

Collaborators artist Guillaume Prevost ; artist Lt. Blondela ; engraver & printmaker Louis Charles Ruotte ;

Techniques botanical drawing, stipple engraving, and watercolour ; hand-colouring

Sample(s) rlv.zcache.com/jean_louis_prevost_bright_red_nasturtium_bouquet_postcard-p239024963806489792z85wg_400.jpg ; blogs.princeton.edu/graphicarts/flowers

Archival sources Laperouse Museum Botany Bay National Park ; http://fmhibd.library.cmu.edu/HIBD-DB/ArtCat/recordlist.php?-skip=12575&-max=25 ;

Published sources Nissen Botan. Buchillustration 1966 # 1568 ; Pritzel 7332 ; Stafleu & Cowan TL 2 8319 ; Dunthorne p. 229 ; Great Flower Books 1990 :127 ; Pinault 1991: 83 ;

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