Iris Marechal Ney

A single deep-violet iris bloom fills the composition against a pale cream ground, shown close-up with two large ruffled falls curving downward and upright standards forming the flower's crown. Fine black contour lines delineate the petal edges and veining, with a yellow-and-black bristled beard on the falls and an olive-brown calyx and green stem below. This close-cropped botanical study, "Iris Marechal Ney" by Cliona Doyle, is an etching of unknown date.