C1736

Aloe Africana perfolia, ta glauca non spinosa.

Artist:

Georg Dionysus Ehret (1708 - 1770)

$A 675

Suberb C18th botanical from Johann Weinmann’s, Phytanthoza Iconographia published in Amsterdam by Zacharias Romberg between 1736-1748. The plates were printed in colour using the new colour mezzotint process and then hand coloured, a process invented by the engraver Bartholomew Seuter. Many … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Aloe Africana perfolia, ta glauca non spinosa.

Date:

C1736

Artist:

Georg Dionysus Ehret (1708 - 1770)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Mezzotint printed in colour, with original hand colouring.

Image Size:

210mm

x 325mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1736

Description:

Suberb C18th botanical from Johann Weinmann’s, Phytanthoza Iconographia published in Amsterdam by Zacharias Romberg between 1736-1748. The plates were printed in colour using the new colour mezzotint process and then hand coloured, a process invented by the engraver Bartholomew Seuter. Many plates are of particular interest on account of the colour printing, especially the plates of Aloes and Cactus depicted in pots of different designs. (Dunthorne)

Biography:

Georg Dionysus Ehret (1708-1770

Ehret was a German botanist, entomologist and artist who began his career working as a gardeners apprentice and became one the greatest botanical artists of the eighteenth century. His artistic talents soon caught the eye of Johann W. Weinmann in Regensburg and he was invited to draw the illustrations for Phytanthoza Iconographia. Soon after he met Dr. Christoph Jakob Trew(1695-1769), a wealthy physician from Nurenberg, who became a lifelong friend, benefactor and publisher of most of Ehret’s work, including the famous Plantae Selectae, which was released from 1750-1773 and he contributed significantly to Trew’s Hortus Nitidissimus (1750-1786).

Subsequently, while in Paris, Ehret was hosted by Bernard de Jussieu (1699-c.1777), brother of Antoine and also an eminent botanist. In Holland he was to meet and befriend Carolus Linnaeus. Later in England, Ehret’s acquaintances included Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) founder of the British Museum, and Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), famed British naturalist and companion of Captain James Cook on his first voyage of exploration.