Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770
Fungus terrestris
1760s
10 1/16 x 6 7/8 inches (256 x 175 mm)
Watercolor on parchment.
1978.8:25
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Notes
One of 73 drawings of ferns, flowers, and fungi by Ehret (1978.8:1-73).
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in pen and brown ink at lower right: G.D. Ehret. pinxit..
Inscribed in pen and brown ink at lower center: FUNGUS terrestris pediculo striato & cavernoso, / capitello plicatili subtus plano. Doody. Fase Syn. II Helvella Mitra. Lin.
Inscribed in pen and brown ink at lower center: FUNGUS terrestris pediculo striato & cavernoso, / capitello plicatili subtus plano. Doody. Fase Syn. II Helvella Mitra. Lin.
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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