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Melittis Melissophyllum

Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770

Melittis Melissophyllum

1760s
9 5/16 x 6 7/8 inches (252 x 175 mm)
Watercolor on parchment.
1978.8:27

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Notes
One of 73 drawings of ferns, flowers, and fungi by Ehret (1978.8:1-73).
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen and brown ink at lower left: Melittis Melissophyllum / 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.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department