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Date

c.1735

Artist

Georg Dionysius Ehret and Jacon van Huysum

Collection

The Royal Society

Description

Botanical study of Aloe africana, humilis, spinis inermibus & verrucosis obsita [modern taxonomy Aloe humilis], native to South Africa. The study shows the stalk, flower, and leaves of the succulent plant. Inscribed in ink beneath the image in Ehret's handwriting with the name of the specimen 'Aloe africana, humilis, spinis inermibus & verrucosis obsita', but without the artist's signature. It has been proposed by Gill Saunders of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, that the basal rosette of leaves is by Ehret, and the flower spike by van Huysum. Georg Dionysius Ehret was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1757. Jacobus van Huysum was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.

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Location

Southern Africa