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Lilio - Asphodelus The American Asphodel Lily
Draughtsman: Ehret, Georg Dionysius
Study of growing plant with long broad radical leaves, the flower carrying stem is shown severed from the growing plant and placed in front of it.
Height: 525 mm
Width: 360 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Support composed of vellum (skin)
Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum
Accession number: PD.116-1973.4
Primary reference Number: 31599
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Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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