Lily, from Plantae Selectae
Georg Dionysius Ehret · published 1750–73
A tall stem of orange lilies with an engraved caption: classic botanical elegance.
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About the work
Plate 11 from Plantae Selectae, published between 1750 and 1773 by Christopher Jacob Trew with plates after Georg Dionysius Ehret. This hand-coloured engraving shows a tall lily stem hung with orange, recurved flowers, with the Latin description engraved beneath.
Printed on 200 gsm museum-quality matte paper from the museum’s high-resolution open-access image, with a white border so nothing of the original is cropped. Available from A4 up to 70 × 100 cm, or as a digital download to print yourself.
The original
| Artist | Georg Dionysius Ehret |
|---|---|
| Date | published 1750–73 |
| Medium | Engraving, hand-coloured |
| Series | Plantae Selectae, plate 11 |
| Accession no. | 1955.332 |
| Collection | The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0) |
Print details
| Artist | Georg Dionysius Ehret |
|---|---|
| Date | published 1750–73 |
| Original | Engraving, hand-coloured |
| Series | Plantae Selectae, plate 11 |
| Paper | 200 gsm museum-quality matte, FSC-certified |
| Border | Printed with a white border |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Sizes | A4 to 70 × 100 cm · digital download |
| Source | The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0) |
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