Queen Esther (English) Iris (Köningin Esther) (Iris Anglica I) (Pl 49 from Christopher Jacob Trew, "Hortus Nitidissimis omnem per annum superbiens floribus...", Nuremberg: Wirsing, 1750–86.

After: I. I. Meyer (Maier) (German, 18th century)
Adam Ludwig Wirsing (German, 1733 or 1734–1797)

1764

Place of Publication: Nuremberg

Medium/Technique Engraving, hand-colored

Dimensions Platemark: 43.2 x 21 cm (17 x 8 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 49.2 x 32.6 cm (19 3/8 x 12 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of George P. Dike—Elita R. Dike Collection

Accession Number69.354

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Dunthorne 310; Nissen 1995

ProvenanceElita R. Dike, Brookline; to her spouse George P. Dike, Brookline; bequest to MFA May 14, 1969