Whether depicting indigenous or non-native plant species and trees, these works are united in their close observations of the natural world. Take a moment to explore how each artist depicted nature’s vitality. Eugène-Stanislas-Alexandre Bléry’s etching, The Branches of an Oak Tree, reflects imagery associated with the French national landscape. Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart’s Tropical Plants documents an interest in the plants of different climates, indicating the ecological traces of France’s colonial projects in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Karl Bodmer’s detailed Digitalis and Morning Glory captures how plant species, like people, traveled across continents over centuries. By the time he made this drawing, European foxglove and this Central American species of morning glory were thriving on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.