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Chenopodium bonus henricus

Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770

Chenopodium bonus henricus

1760s
10 x 6 11/16 inches (254 x 171 mm)
Watercolor on parchment.
1978.8:47

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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 ink at lower right: Chenopodium Bonus henricus; inscribed in pen and ink at lower left (verso): Chenopodium Bonus Henricus.
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