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Aporocactus flagelliformis, or rat’s tail cactus The least climbing Torch-Thistle with soft spines and a purple flower (Miller)
Draughtsman: Ehret, Georg Dionysius
Height: 525 mm
Width: 360 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Production date: AD 1745
Support composed of vellum (skin)
Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum
Inscription present: faint
Accession number: PD.116-1973.6
Primary reference Number: 31601
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
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