Musée No:325.131 fruit George Kearsley Shaw (1751 –1813)

George Kearsley Shaw (1751 –1813) was an English botanist and zoologist

He is thought to have created thousands of designs and artworks and has served as an inspiration for even more

Date:1805-1893

At 17 she was engaged to be married to the besotted and very famous explorer Henry Morton Stanley of ‘Mr Livingstone I presume fame

Sadly the panels deteriorated because of the moisture from the stone – it is thought that this may have led to what happened next

Musée No:325.131 fruit George Kearsley Shaw (1751 –1813)Vintage Fruit Illustration Artist: Pierre Joseph Redout Date: 1801 1819 Pierre Joseph Redout, (1759 1840), was a painter and botanist from Belgium, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at Malmaison, many of which were published as large, colour stipple engravings. He was nicknamed "the Raphael of flowers" and has been called the greatest botanical illustrator of all time.