Mespilus Caroliniana (Celery Leaf/Yellow Fruit) Botanical Etching (Circa 1760)
Antique botanical print depicting a medlar plant by one of the most influential European botanical artists of all time, Georg Dionysius Ehret. Engraved by Johann Jacob Haid and published as Plate XVII in Plantae Selectae by Christoph Jacob Trew and Benedict Christian Vogel.
German botanist and entomologist Ehret trained as a gardener, but his extraordinary talent as a botanical illustrator and water colorist was quickly recognized and supported by wealthy patrons, including the physician and botanist Dr. Trew.
This plate brings to life a branch with fruit and.....
Item #1923







