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Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770

The Female Popaw Tree, Papaya, Plate 15

1750

  • Accession Number

    B2017.10.4

  • Creator

    Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770
    after Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770

  • Title

    The Female Popaw Tree, Papaya, Plate 15

  • Part Of

    Collective Title: The Natural History of Barbados

  • Date

    1750

  • Materials & Techniques

    Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

  • Dimensions

    Sheet: 14 × 9 inches (35.6 × 22.9 cm), Plate: 11 3/8 × 7 1/2 inches (28.9 × 19.1 cm)

  • Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering

    Lettered upper left: "Plate 15"; upper right: "Page 181"; lower left: "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE | To His most serene Highness | The Prince of Hesse | This Plate is humbly Inscrib'd | &c."; lower right: "G.D.Ehret. delin. & Sculp."

  • Credit Line

    Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962

  • Copyright Status

    Public Domain

  • Classification

    Prints

  • Collection

    Prints and Drawings

  • Subject Terms

    botanical subject | fruit

  • Associated Places

    Barbados

  • Access

    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Link

    https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:74162

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