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Hypopitys lutea

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Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770

Hypopitys lutea

1760s
10 1/16 x 6 15/16 inches (257 x 176 mm)
Watercolor on parchment.
1978.8:23

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Notes
One of 73 drawings of ferns, flowers, and fungi by Ehret (1978.8:1-73).
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in pen and ink at lower right: G.D. Ehret pinxit.
Inscirbed in pen and black and brown inks below, center: HYPOPITYS lutea. C. Giss. [in brown] / Monotropa Hypopithys. Lin [in black]
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.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department