Corona Imperialis
Artist
Georg Dionysius Ehret
(German, 1708 - 1770)
Date1768
MediumEngraving, hand-colored
Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Lawrence Reed Miller
Object number2010.11.10
DescriptionBotanical drawing of Corona Imperialis (Orange Kron [Crown Imperial Fritillary]), a plant with drooping yellow flowers and green leaves. Plate 66, engravings, hand colored, from "Hortus Nitidissimis...", by Georg Dionysius Ehret and Christoph Jakob Trew (German, 1695-1769), Nuremburg, 1768.
