Circle of Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)

A Common Hedge Rose; Anemones; and Auricula, Jasmine and a Chrysanthemum

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Circle of Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)
A Common Hedge Rose; Anemones; and Auricula, Jasmine and a Chrysanthemum
the first inscribed 'comon [sic] hedge Rose' (lower right), the second with inscription 'by Ehret on vellum £3-1-0' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic, on vellum, unframed
11¼ x 8.1/8 in. (28.5 x 20.6 cm.) (3)

Provenance

Mrs. Sibella Grover, the artist's granddaughter, and by descent.

Lot Essay

In 1755 Ehret returned to London after a stay in Oxford and sought employment as a teacher of young ladies. He encouraged his pupils to inscribe their work with correct botanical names, and many of those whom he taught came very close in style to his own work.

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