drawing
- Museum number
- 1974,0615.26
- Description
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Study of Symphoricarpos Orbiculatus; shrub with berries, a sprig showing white flowers to right, separate study of the fruit and flowers to left
Watercolour and bodycolour, on vellum
- Production date
- 1725-1770
- Dimensions
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Height: 532 millimetres
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Width: 366 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See P Hulton 'A Gift of Drawings by G.D. Ehret', British Museum Yearbook II, 1977, pp.238ff. The reference to Miller is to Philip Miller who describes this plant in his 'Dictionary of Gardening', 3rd ed. London 1737, under 'Vitis Idaea' 5.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1974
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
According to correspondence received by the BM from Joan Evans dated 6.v.1974, the drawings by Georg Dionysius Ehret came to her through a family connection.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1974,0615.26