Georg Dionysius Ehret

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Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770
Perry's King George
1756
Gouache over pencil on vellum.
18 1/16 x 12 15/16 inches (459 x 329 mm)
Gift of Mr. Junius S. Morgan and Mr. Henry S. Morgan.
1952.28:15
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Inscribed in ink at the bottom: "Bunias (cakile) silliculis ovatis/aevibus ancipitibus. Linn, Sea Rocket."

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Signed and dated in ink at lower right: G. D. Ehret pinxit /1756.

Provenance: 
Beckford Library, Hamilton Palace; sale, London, Sotheby's, 12 July 1882, lot 2776 (as containing 20 drawings); Sotheran; Mrs. J.P. Morgan; by descent to her sons, Junius S. and Henry S. Morgan.
Associated names: 

Morgan, Jane Norton, 1868-1925, former owner.
Morgan, Henry S. (Henry Sturgis), 1900-1982, former owner.
Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1892-1960, former owner.

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