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Erythrina (Coral Tree)

Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770

Erythrina (Coral Tree)

1761
9 7/8 x 6 5/8 inches (251 x 169 mm)
Watercolor on parchment.
1978.8:19

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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 / 1761.
Inscribed in pen and ink at lower right (above signature): ERYTHRINA foliis ternatis / caule Simplicissimo inermi. Linn.
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.
Bibliography
Flowers in Books and Drawings, ca. 940-1840, the Pierpont Morgan Library, catalog no. 107, plate 18.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
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