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Botanical drawings: PD.117-1973

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Botanical drawings

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ehret, Georg Dionysius

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Description

Album containing 26 watercolours on vellum. The Drawings are tipped into the pages of an album. Bound in sprinkled calf, the spine lettered in gilt on black leather insets. (1991 - all drawings except those on ff. 1, 4 and 10 have been removed and mounted separately.)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton

School or Style

German

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: BOTANICAL / DRAWINGS / EHRET
  • Location: Spine
  • Method of creation: Gilt on black leather insets

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.117-1973
Primary reference Number: 31615
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 13 December 2019 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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