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Hura crepitans L. (Euphorbiacae, Sandbox Tree)
Draughtsman: Ehret, Georg Dionysius
Study of portion of fleshy stem with leaves, purple flower, bud and seed-cone, and lower left to right, separate studies of various stages of growth from blossom to fruit including cross-sections and dissections alphabetically inscribed. Removed from album and mounted separately.
Height: 536 mm
Width: 373 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Production date: AD 1738-11
Watercolour
Bodycolour
Graphite
Gum arabic
Ground (material)
Support composed of vellum (skin)
Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour with gum Arabic over graphite outline on vellum
Inscription present: corresponding to letters 'a' to 'z' from left to right on various studies of the plant
Accession number: PD.117-1973.17
Primary reference Number: 31635
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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