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Collinsonia

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An image of Title/s: Collinsonia. Miller: Collinsonia cordatis oppositis, Collinsonia with heart-shaped leaves 
Maker/s: Ehret, Georg Dionysius (draughtsman) [ULAN info: German artist, 1710-1770]
Description: Study of a flowering stem and separate stem with leaves, lower centre detail studies of enlarged mature capsules, one with portion dissected to show interior with seeds. Removed from album and mounted separately. 
Technique Description: watercolour and bodycolour over traces of graphite on vellum 
Dimensions: height: 539 mm, width: 369 mm

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Title/s: Collinsonia. Miller: Collinsonia cordatis oppositis, Collinsonia with heart-shaped leaves Maker/s: Ehret, Georg Dionysius (draughtsman) [ULAN info: German artist, 1710-1770] Description: Study of a flowering stem and separate stem with leaves, lower centre detail studies of enlarged mature capsules, one with portion dissected to show interior with seeds. Removed from album and mounted separately. Technique Description: watercolour and bodycolour over traces of graphite on vellum Dimensions: height: 539 mm, width: 369 mm

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  • Accession Number: PD.117-1973 folio 6
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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