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A Set of Three engraved botanical plates

Creator: Christoph Trew -Dionysius Ehret
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
Fine images from Trew's 'Plantae Selectae', one of the greatest of all eighteenth-century botanical books, drawn by the greatest of eighteenth-century botanical artists, George Dionysius Ehret. Linnaeus, wrote to Trew, in Latin, that "The miracles of our century in the natural sciences are your work of Ehret's plants...nothing to equal them was seen in the past or will be in the future".

Set of three hand-coloured copper engraved botanicals: Papaya fructu oblongo, Musae fructu longiori and Musae fructu breviori, from Trew’s Plantae Selectae. Framed and glazed.

More Information

Documentation:	Ample Provenance
Origin:	Germany
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Set of three hand-coloured copper engraved botanicals. Framed and glazed.
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1750-1773
Styles / Movements:	Realism, Other
Dealer Reference #:	98256
Incollect Reference #:	270633

Dimensions

W.	17.83 in;	H.	23.9 in;
W.	45.3 cm;	H.	60.7 cm;

Message from Seller:

Based in the heart of Mayfair in London, we specialise in prints and original works on paper across a broad range of subjects, from antique prints to modern pochoir plates, as well as photographs from vintage photography to modern art photography.

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