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Mimosa

Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770

Mimosa

1760
10 1/16 x 6 3/4 inches (254 x 171 mm)
Watercolor on parchment.
1978.8:13

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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 ink at lower right: G.D. Ehret pinxit / 1760.
Inscirbed in red and black inks at lower right with decorative scroll: MIMOSA. Lin. / ACACIA India Farnesiana. / Ald. farnes.
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.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department