Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770
Aristolochia barbata
1761
9 9/16 x 6 7/8 inches (242 x 173 mm)
Watercolor on parchment.
1978.8:18
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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 / 1761.
Inscribed in pen and ink below right: ARISTOLOCHIA / foliis cocdate oblongis undatis, caule infirmo floribus colitariis / Lin.
Inscribed in pen and ink below right: ARISTOLOCHIA / foliis cocdate oblongis undatis, caule infirmo floribus colitariis / Lin.
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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