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Date

c.1735

Artist

Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)

Collection

The Royal Society

Description

Botanical study of Aloe africana, caulescens, follis glaucis, caulem amplectentibus [modern taxonomy Aloe arborescens, also commonly known as the krantz aloe or candelabra aloe], native to South Africa. The composite study shows the stalk, flower, and leaves of the succulent plant, alongside two flowers falling from the plant, one closed and one partially open, and an enlarged detail of a leaf. Inscribed in ink beneath the image with the name of the specimen 'Aloe africana, caulescens, follis glaucis, caulem amplectentibus', and in the bottom left hand corner beneath the image, with the signature of the artist 'G D Ehret p [pinxit]'. Georg Dionysius Ehret was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1757.

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Southern Africa