

No. 56 of 100 · The Botanical Series
Royal French Rose
Pictures by Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Redouté's Royal French Rose opens in soft layers of pink above the words Congratulations on your engagement. Known as the Raphael of flowers, Redouté painted for Marie Antoinette and the Empress Joséphine, and his roses were printed in colour and finished by hand. For a newly engaged couple.
Add four of your own photos and your own words; we print the card in the US and post it for you.
Inside, it says
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ENGAGEMENT
On the back
From the great botanical books of the 1700s to the 1900s / ROYAL FRENCH ROSE / Rosa gallica 'Regalis' / Gallica roses are the oldest garden roses of Europe, grown by the Romans and by medieval monks for medicine. This royal one opens into soft layers of pink. / Les Roses, 1817–1824 / By Pierre-Joseph Redouté, the Raphael of flowers, who painted for Marie Antoinette and the Empress Joséphine. Printed in colour and finished by hand.
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