Indigo plant (Indigofera tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate flower and fruit segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
- Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.
- Date:
- [1750-53]
- Reference:
- 18374i
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The indigo plant was the main source of the dye, indigo, from the Far East and is sometimes used as green manure or fodder
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[Nuremberg], [1750-53]
Physical description
1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 34.7 x 21.5 cm
Lettering
Indigofera scapo infirmo, foliorum pinis oblongis pallide virentibus glabris, pedunculis spicae longissimus, floribus laxe dispositis, leguminibus compressis brevibg gibbosis subasperis dispermis. ...
Lettering continues on the print with a description of the flower and fruit segments shown
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Wellcome Collection 18374i
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