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Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770
Echinopus major I.B.
1757.
9 3/4 x 6 13/16 inches (247 x 173 mm)
Opaque watercolor, pen and gold ink for title and date, on parchment.
1978.8:21
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One of 73 drawings of ferns, flowers, and fungi by Ehret (1978.8:1-73).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed, lower right in gold: Echinopus major. I.B. / Ehret 1757.
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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