Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770
Eryngium campestre (Sea holly)
1760s
11 5/16 x 8 1/16 inches (287 x 205 mm)
Watercolor on parchment.
1978.8:49
Purchase.
Notes
One of 73 drawings of ferns, flowers, and fungi by Ehret (1978.8:1-73).
Watermark: none.
Ruled border in graphite.
Watermark: none.
Ruled border in graphite.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen and brown ink at lower left: Eryngium campestre. 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.
Bibliography
Flowers in Books and Drawings, ca. 940-1840, the Pierpont Morgan Library, catalog no. 108, plate 20.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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