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A Magnolia species: flowering stem with labelled floral segments, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by G. D. Ehret, c.1737, after himself.
- Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.
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- 18633i
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Credit: A Magnolia species: flowering stem with labelled floral segments, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by G. D. Ehret, c.1737, after himself. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 51 x 35 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Magnolia: altissima lauro-cerassi folio, flore ingenti candido, Catesb. Commonly call'd the laurel-leaue'd tulip tree or carolina laurel. ... Delineated and engraved by George, Dennis, Ehret.
Lettering note
Lettering continues: "This plant produced it's beautifull flowers in ye garden of Sr. Charles Wager at Parson's Green near Fulham Augt 1737." There are also labels for all the flower parts shown
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 18633i
Type/Technique
Languages
- Latin
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Location Status Access Closed stores