Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770, German

after Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770, German
Title:
The Banana Tree, Plate 16
Date:
1750
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 8 5/8 inches (32.4 × 21.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered upper left: "Plate 16"; upper right: "Page 184"; lower right: "To His Grace The | Duke of Chausnes | President of the Royal Academy of Sciences | at Paris &c. | G.D.Ehret. delin. & Sculp."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2017.10.5
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
fruit | botanical subject | leaves
Associated Places:
Barbados
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:74163