A plant (Hyoscyamus aureus): flowering stem and floral segments. Watercolour by G. D. Ehret, 1736.

  • Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.
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[spring 1736]
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28360i
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[spring 1736]

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1 painting : watercolour with white heightening ; sheet 53.2 x 37 cm

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Hyoscyamus; aureus. Alp. Exot. 99 ... G. D. Ehret pinx. Lettering continues on bottom left "a. flos cum calyce b. calyx cum pistillo c. corolla longitudinaliter dissecta d. filamentum e. anthera f. germen g. stylus h. stigma j. vulva per mycroscopium delineata k. vagina horizontaliter dissiliens"

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Enid M. Slatter, 'A note on the botanical prints and drawings', Medical history, 1982, 26: 453-455

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Wellcome Collection 28360i

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