Eschscholzia californica. Drawn at home in the Napa Valley on 15 August 1982. The state flower of California, this poppy was first described in print in 1820 by Adelbert von Chamisso, who named it in honor of J. G. Eschscholtz, his companion botanist on the voyage of the Russian ship Rurik along the California coast in 1816. It is believed that they first saw the plant where the city of San Francisco now stands. —Henry Evans
425 copies were printed and sell for $500.00 each.