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Amaryllis belladonna (Belladonna Lily): PD.430-1973

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Titles

Amaryllis belladonna (Belladonna Lily)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ehret, Georg Dionysius

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Notes

History note: (?)Margaret, Duchess of Portland; (?) Portland Museum Sale, 1786, lot 2770 (see inscriptions, verso); with Francis Edwards, August 1942, from whom bought by the 2nd Lord Fairhaven

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton

Dating

1760s
Production date: AD 1761

School or Style

German

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Bodycolour
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of vellum (skin)
Vellum Height 258 mm Width 174 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour over graphite outline on vellum

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: G.D. Ehret / pinxit
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1761
  • Location: Lower left, below the above
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Type: Date
  • Text: AMARYLLIS / Spatha multiflora, / corollis campanula - / tis aequalibus genita = / declinatis. hort Cliff.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Ink

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.430-1973
Primary reference Number: 23377

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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