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

The Banana Tree, Plate 16

Part Of:

Collective Title: The Natural History of Barbados

Date:
1750
Medium:
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), Plate: 11 3/4 × 7 1/2 inches (29.8 × 19.1 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:
botanical subject | fruit | leaves
Associated Places:
Barbados
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:74163
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