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Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770
Ophioglossum (Adder's tongue)
1765
10 1/16 x 6 13/16 inches (256 x 172 mm)
Watercolor on parchment.
1978.8:10
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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 brown ink: G.D. Ehret pinxit / 1765.
Inscirbed in pen and brown ink at lower center: OPHIOGLOSSUM Ger. Em. / vulgasum. Lin. / Adder's Tongue.
Inscirbed in pen and brown ink at lower center: OPHIOGLOSSUM Ger. Em. / vulgasum. Lin. / Adder's Tongue.
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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