Desert Horsepurslane by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1802 jamaica Sitta canadensis

Sitta canadensis

Significant Routes or Trails

The 1830s was a period of considerable political flux

Local people

from the bustling Stranraer to the quaint Isle of Whithorn

Desert Horsepurslane by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1802 jamaica Sitta canadensisDesert Horsepurslane, originally titled Trianthema Monogyna, was first published in 1802. This exquisite Victorian botanical illustration is the work of Pierre Joseph Redout, one of the most celebrated botanical illustrators in history. Born in Belgium, Redout found early artistic success as the painting tutor to Marie Antoinette. Later, at the request of Josephine Bonaparte, the wife of General Napolon, he devoted much of his life to painting the