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Date

c.1735

Artist

Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)

Collection

The Royal Society

Description

Botanical study of Aloe vulgaris [modern taxonomy Aloe vera], native to South Africa. The study shows the stalk, flower, and leaves of the succulent plant, with additional detail of two flowers falling from the plant, one revealing the stamens of the flower. Inscribed in ink beneath the image with the name of the specimen 'ALOE VULGARIS' in Ehret's handwriting, and in the bottom right hand corner, beneath the image, is the signature of the artist 'G.D. Ehret fecit'. Georg Dionysius Ehret was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1757.

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Southern Africa