Property from the Collection of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973)
Georg Dionysius Ehret
The South American 'Candle' Cactus
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
From the Collection of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973)
Georg Dionysius Ehret
(Heidelberg 1708 - 1770 London)
The South American 'Candle' Cactus
Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gum arabic on vellum;
signed lower right: G.D. Ehret. P., inscribed lower left: CEREUS; erectus altissimus / syrinamenssis. Par. Pat.
533 by 360 mm
Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Lord Fairhaven (1900-1973);
by descent to the present owner
From humble and obscure beginnings Georg Dionysius Ehret rose to take his position as one of the greatest botanical artists of his or any age, keenly patronised by princes, aristocrats and leading scientists. The present lot and lot 145 originally formed part of the collection of Henry, 2nd Lord Fairhaven (1900-1973) and they have remained with his descendants until today. Lord Fairhaven assembled a very extensive collection of botanical drawings of the highest quality in his lifetime. On his death in 1973, his executors bequeathed some 4,000 works of this type to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, including ninety-four drawings by Ehret.
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