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Proboscida louisianica (Martinia annua, Common Unicorn Flower or Ram's Horn)
Draughtsman: Ehret, Georg Dionysius
Study of terminal portion of stem with leaves and inflorescence. Removed from album and mounted separately.
Height: 544 mm
Width: 376 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Production date: AD 1740
Watercolour
Bodycolour
Graphite
Support composed of vellum (skin)
Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour over faint traces of graphite on vellum
Accession number: PD.117-1973.18
Primary reference Number: 31636
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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