Saturday, May 25, 2013

iris on memorial day weekend





On this one, green stem:
Iris as bud, as blossom,
with the withered bloom.


Botanical print, "Fragrant Iris No. 59" by Pierre Redout (1759-1840), whose patron was Empress Josephine of France.




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