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Ervum hirsutum (Vetch)

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Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770

Ervum hirsutum (Vetch)

1767
9 15/16 x 6 11/16 inches (253 x 170 mm)
Watercolor on parchment.
1978.8:15

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Notes
One of 73 drawings of ferns, flowers, and fungi by Ehret (1978.8:1-73).
Inscriptions/Markings
Dated in pen and black ink at lower right: 1767.
Inscirbed at lower left: Ervum hirsutum. Lin. ; on verso, at lower left: R. Syn. 322 Huds. 280 no. 2.
Inscribed on reverse, lower left: R. Syn. 322. Huds. 280. No. 2.
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