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Stachytarpheta indica (Sherardia urticaefolio)

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An image of Title/s: Stachytarpheta indica (Sherardia urticaefolio) 
Maker/s: Ehret, Georg Dionysius (draughtsman) [ULAN info: German artist, 1710-1770]
Description: Study of stem with terminal inflorescence and leaves. Lower right detailed studies of floret & calyx, dissection of flower, pistil, and calyx. Removed from album and mounted separately.
Technique Description: watercolour and bodycolour over traces of graphite on vellum
Dimensions: height: 541 mm, width: 370 mm

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Title/s: Stachytarpheta indica (Sherardia urticaefolio) Maker/s: Ehret, Georg Dionysius (draughtsman) [ULAN info: German artist, 1710-1770] Description: Study of stem with terminal inflorescence and leaves. Lower right detailed studies of floret & calyx, dissection of flower, pistil, and calyx. Removed from album and mounted separately. Technique Description: watercolour and bodycolour over traces of graphite on vellum Dimensions: height: 541 mm, width: 370 mm

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  • Accession Number: PD.117-1973 folio 24
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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  • Image width: 522 pixels
  • Processed with: ACD Systems Digital Imaging
  • Filesize: 39.28kB

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