Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770
Nerium indicum (Kraus; Oleander [double variegated])
1760
10 x 6 3/4 inches (255 x 172 mm)
Watercolor on parchment.
1978.8:16
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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. 1760.
Inscribed in pen and ink at lower left: NERIUM indicum lati = / folium, flore variegato / odorato pleno. Comm. hort.
Inscribed in pen and ink at lower left: NERIUM indicum lati = / folium, flore variegato / odorato pleno. Comm. hort.
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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