Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770) Leonia ligustrina (Lily of the Valley Bush), with two Red Admiral butterflies signed and dated 'G.D. Ehret. pinxit./1741' (lower right) and inscribed 'VITIS IDAEA palustris Americanaa oblongis Splen.foliis Pluk. T.CCCXX F. b./VITIS IDAEA foliis & facie unadonis flore Americana Pluk.' (on two ribbons attached to the stems of the plant) pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gum arabic, on vellum, unframed 16.7/8 x 12.3/8 in. (42.8 x 31.5 cm.)
Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770) Leonia ligustrina (Lily of the Valley Bush), with two Red Admiral butterflies signed and dated 'G.D. Ehret. pinxit./1741' (lower right) and inscribed 'VITIS IDAEA palustris Americanaa oblongis Splen.foliis Pluk. T.CCCXX F. b./VITIS IDAEA foliis & facie unadonis flore Americana Pluk.' (on two ribbons attached to the stems of the plant) pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gum arabic, on vellum, unframed 16.7/8 x 12.3/8 in. (42.8 x 31.5 cm.)
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