drawing;
album
- Museum number
- SL,5283.47
- Description
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Euphorbia, from an album originally containing 305 drawings and prints of plants; a tall cactus with large lobate leaves issuing from the top, the body covered in small scarlet flowers, roots shown below. c.1703-10
Watercolour and bodycolour, over graphite
- Production date
- 1703-1710 (fl. circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 506 millimetres
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Width: 350 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Curator's Comment to SL,5283-1. Frankcom has included the root system of the plant shown as if underground in the manner of Kickius.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Acquisition notes
- Transferred to Prints and Drawings 17 November 1886 (see note on fly-leaf). Transferred from the Department of Manuscripts.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- SL,5283.47
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: N,05.47