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Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770
Cassia foliolis
1762
10 1/16 x 6 3/4 inches (255 x 171 mm)
Watercolor on parchment.
1978.8:6
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Notes
One of 73 drawings of ferns, flowers, and fungi by Ehret (1978.8:1-73).
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at lower right: G.D. Ehret. pinxit 1762.
Inscirbed below: "CASSIA foliolis multijugis, glandula petiolari, / pedicellata, stipulis ensiformibus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1759", with decorative flourish in pink.
Inscirbed below: "CASSIA foliolis multijugis, glandula petiolari, / pedicellata, stipulis ensiformibus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1759", with decorative flourish in pink.
Associated names
Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley Bentinck, Duchess of, 1715-1785, former owner.
Walker, Elizabeth, former owner.
Ford, John Walker, former owner.
Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988, former owner.
Walker, Elizabeth, former owner.
Ford, John Walker, former owner.
Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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