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Common Provence Rose Bud (Pl. 4 of John Edwards, "The British Herbal", London, 1770)
published 1770
Place of Publication: London
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving, hand-colored
Dimensions
Platemark: 35 x 25 cm (13 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 42 x 26.5 cm (16 9/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 42 x 26.5 cm (16 9/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of George P. Dike—Elita R. Dike Collection
Accession Number69.139
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Dunthorne 104; Nissen 578
Description"The British Herbal." Containing the most beautiful and scarce flowers and useful medicinal plants, which blow in the open air of Great Britain; with their Botanical characters also a short account of their cultivation etc. The First edition. London printed for the author 1770.
ProvenanceElita R. Dike, Brookline; to her spouse George P. Dike, Brookline; bequest to MFA May 14, 1969