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Martynia & Cytisus (Tab I of G. D. Ehret, "Plantae et Papiliones Rariores" ...London, 1748)
Martynia and Scotch Broom, tab. I of G. D. Ehret, "Plantae et Papiliones Rariores Depictae et Aeri Incisae a Georgio Dionysio Ehret". London, 1748-59.
Martynia & Cytisus (Tab I of G. D. Ehret, "Plantae et Papiliones Rariores" ...London, 1748)
Georg Dionysus Ehret (German, 1708–1770)
published 1748
Place of Publication: London
Medium/Technique
Hand-colored etching and engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 42.2 x 27.5 cm (16 5/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 48 x 32.7 cm (18 7/8 x 12 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 48 x 32.7 cm (18 7/8 x 12 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of George P. Dike—Elita R. Dike Collection
Accession Number69.182
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CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Dunthorne 109; Nissen 583
Description(1. Martynia annua, villosa et viscosa, folio subrotundo, flore magno rubro. 2. Martynia annua, villosa et viscosa, Auris folio albo tubo longissimo. 3. Sytisus procumbens Americanus flore luteo ramosissimus qui Anil supeditat apud Barbadensium Colones). Tab I of G. D. Ehret, "Plantae et Papiliones Rariores Depictae et Aeri Incisae a Georgio Dionysio Ehret". London, 1748-59.)
ProvenanceElita R. Dike, Brookline; to her spouse George P. Dike, Brookline; bequest to MFA May 14, 1969