PIERRE JEAN FRANÇOIS TURPIN (FRENCH, 1775 - 1840). Sun Cactus. audubon the plates apparently languished in

the plates apparently languished in New York until the beginning of the War with Mexico

where he seems to have been deliberately relegated

Preliminary Chart of Entrance to Brazos River Texas

and Amos Corning—figures central to New York’s urban development during its formative decades

the Library of Congress

PIERRE JEAN FRANÇOIS TURPIN (FRENCH, 1775 - 1840). Sun Cactus. audubon the plates apparently languished inPIERRE JEAN FRANOIS TURPIN (FRENCH, 1775 1840) Cactus specio [Disocactus speciosus Sun Cactus] Watercolor and pencil on paper Inscribed Turpin 1819 lower left Cactus specio center Frame size approx: 24 1 2 x 20 1 4 in. This plant is indigenous to Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala and has also been successfully established in the Canary Islands.