Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770
Ervum tetraspermum (prob. a species of lentil)
1765
10 1/16 x 6 13/16 inches (256 x 172 mm)
Watercolor on parchment.
1978.8:9
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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 in pen and brown ink: G.D. Ehret pinxit / 1765.
Inscribed in pen and brown ink at lower center: CRACCA minor Silquis Singularibus / flosculis caerulescentibus Hoff. cat. H. alt. Ray. Syn. 332 / Fine (?) Fare (?) with Smooth Pods / Ervum tetraspermum.
Inscribed in pen and brown ink at lower center: CRACCA minor Silquis Singularibus / flosculis caerulescentibus Hoff. cat. H. alt. Ray. Syn. 332 / Fine (?) Fare (?) with Smooth Pods / Ervum tetraspermum.
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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