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  • A botanical illustration of a green tall, leafy-stemmed plant with delicate white flowers, magnified seed structures, and exposed root system.

Geneviève de Nangis Regnault

Le Domte—Venin
Now On View Recent Acquisition

Maker

Geneviève de Nangis Regnault (French, 1746 - 1802)
Nicolas-François Regnault (French, 1746 - ca. 1810)

Title

Le Domte—Venin
from the book La botanique mise à la portée de tout le monde; ou, Collection des plantes d'usage dans la médecine, dans les alimens et dans les arts (Botany Brought into Reach for Everyone; or, Collection of Plants for Use in Medicine, Food, and the Arts)

Year

1774-1780

Medium

  • Engraving with hand-coloring and letterpress on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Engraving with hand-coloring and letterpress on paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 45.5 x 31.1 cm (17 15/16 x 12 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription: Recto, printed in plate in black ink LL: "Genevieve de Nangis Regnault. f."

Inscription: Recto, inscribed in graphite UL: "184"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Steven G. Levine and Freeman T. Freeman

Object Number

2024.4.9

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

This Is a Thing
Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
Aug 23, 2025 – Feb 15, 2026

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Geneviève de Nangis Regnault (French, 1746 - 1802)
Nicolas-François Regnault (French, 1746 - ca. 1810)
Le Domte—Venin; from the book La botanique mise à la portée de tout le monde; ou, Collection des plantes d'usage dans la médecine, dans les alimens et dans les arts (Botany Brought into Reach for Everyone; or, Collection of Plants for Use in Medicine, Food, and the Arts), 1774-1780
Engraving with hand-coloring and letterpress on paper
Sheet: 45.5 x 31.1 cm (17 15/16 x 12 1/4 inches)
Gift of Steven G. Levine and Freeman T. Freeman 2024.4.9

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