Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)

Impatiens pedunculis multifloris solitariis

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Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)
Impatiens pedunculis multifloris solitariis
signed and dated 'G.D. Ehret. pinxit. 1762.' (lower right), titled 'IMPATIENS pedunculis multifloris solitariis, foliis ovatis, geniculis caulinis tumontibus. Linn.' (lower centre) and further titled 'Noli me tangere Virginiana.' (lower left)
bodycolour on vellum
18¾ x 13¼in. (47.5 x 33.6cm.)

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This watercolour seems to be the design for the engraved version of 'Impatiens noli tangere Virginiana' that appears in D.D. Christophorus Jacabus Trew's Plantae Rariores (Nuremberg, 1763), though the engraved version lacks the moth.