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1792
Object Place: London, England
Medium/Technique
Paper leaf etched, engraved and painted in watercolor; ivory sticks; mother-of-pearl
Dimensions
Guard: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.); maximum open: 46 cm (18 1/8 in.); arc: 155°
Credit Line
Oldham Collection
Accession Number1976.178
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionDouble paper leaf. Obverse: examples of botanical forms with scientific denominations, small flower bunches center, small branches and seed vessels to sides (numbers refer to descriptions on reverse), leaf forms at borders, imprint "Published as the Act directs, July 21, 1792, by Sarah Ashton, No.28 Little Britain, London." Reverse: 24 orders of Botany listed, other technical information, poetry from "II Stanza, 4 Canto, Botanic Garden, V.I." Eighteen plain ivory sticks, plain ivory guards, mother-of-pearl buttons on rivet.
InscriptionsPublished as the Act directs, July 21, 1792, by Sarah Ashton, No.28 Little Britain, London.
ProvenanceBefore 1976: collection DeWitt Clinton Cohen; by 1976: collection Esther Oldham; gift of Esther Oldham to the MFA, June 9, 1976.