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Clilmbing Cactus (Cereus minimums scandens polygonus) (Tab. II of G. D. Ehret, Plantae et Papiliones Rariores ...London, 1748)
Small Climbing Cactus (Cereus minimus scandens polygonus)
Clilmbing Cactus (Cereus minimums scandens polygonus) (Tab. II of G. D. Ehret, Plantae et Papiliones Rariores ...London, 1748)
Georg Dionysus Ehret (German, 1708–1770)
published 1748
Place of Publication: London
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving, hand-colored
Dimensions
Platemark: 42 x 27 cm (16 9/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 52.7 x 37 cm (20 3/4 x 14 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 52.7 x 37 cm (20 3/4 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of George P. Dike—Elita R. Dike Collection
Accession Number69.183
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CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Dunthorne 109; Nissen 583
DescriptionCereus minimus scandens polygonus, Tab. II, 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