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Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770
Convolvulus
1766
Opaque watercolor over graphite on parchment.
18 3/16 x 13 inches (462 x 330 mm)
Gift of Mr. Junius S. Morgan and Mr. Henry S. Morgan.
1952.28:9
Inscription:
Signed and dated in ink at lower right: G. D. Ehret pinxit /1766.
Provenance:
Beckford Library, Hamilton Palace; sale, London, Sotheby's, 12 July 1882, lot 2776 (as containing 20 drawings); Sotheran; Mrs. J.P. Morgan; by descent to her sons, Junius S. and Henry S. Morgan.
Associated names:
Morgan, Jane Norton, 1868-1925, former owner.
Morgan, Henry S. (Henry Sturgis), 1900-1982, former owner.
Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1892-1960, former owner.
Bibliography:
Flowers in Books and Drawings, ca. 940-1840, the Pierpont Morgan Library, catalog no. 107, plate 19.
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