Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770
Mesembryanthemum acaule
1762
9 15/16 x 6 5/8 inches (253 x 179 mm)
Watercolor on parchment.
1978.8:5
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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 1762.
Inscribed in pen and ink at lower center: MESEMBRYANTHEMUM acaule, foliis lingui formibus / altero margine crassioribus impunetatis. Linn.
Inscribed in pen and ink at lower center: MESEMBRYANTHEMUM acaule, foliis lingui formibus / altero margine crassioribus impunetatis. 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.
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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