Georg Dionysius Ehret
George Dionysius Ehret | |
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| Born | 30 January 1708 |
| Died | 9 September 1770 |
| Nationality | German |
| Known for | botanical illustrations |
Georg Dionysius Ehret (30 January 1708 – 9 September 1770) was a German
botanical illustrations.[1]
Life
Ehret was born in
Hartecamp, which is located south of Haarlem in Heemstede near Bennebroek, they produced Hortus Cliffortianus
in 1738, a masterpiece of early botanical literature.
As a result of exploitation by
Chelsea porcelain[4] For Philip Miller he illustrated many of the more spectacular plants that were in cultivation in the Chelsea Physic Garden. Ehret was at the top of his profession in 1768 when the young botanist Joseph Banks returned from Labrador and Newfoundland with the botanical specimens that made his early reputation; it was to Ehret he turned for meticulous paintings on vellum.[5]
Ehret's original art work may be found at the
The Royal Society, London, the Lindley Library at the Royal Horticultural Society, the Victoria and Albert Museum, at the University Library of Erlangen, the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden, and the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The genus Ehretia was named in his honour.
Works
- Methodus plantarum sexualis (1736)
- Hortus nitidissimis (in 3 volumes, 1750-1786)
- The Natural History of Barbados,, Griffith Hughes, 1750.
- Plantae et papiliones rariores. This was published in parts from 1748 until 1759 in folio. The eighteen plates were engraved and hand-colored by Ehret himself. Most display a combination of one or more species of plants and of butterflies.
- Illustrations for Plantae selectae by Christoph Jakob Trew. Another copy of Plantae selectae at Missouri Botanical Gardens.
- Illustrations for "The Gardeners Dictionary" by Philip Miller, Seventh Edition, 1756-1759 (also reprinted in the Eighth, 1768), 16 plates
- Illustrations for Hortus Kewensis by William Aiton (in 3 volumes, 1789)
- Illustrations for Patrick Browne's spectacular The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in three parts published in 1756.
References
- ^ See Ray Desmond, English and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists, 1994, s.v. "Ehret, Georg Dionysius".
- ^ MBG Rare Books: Author - Ehret, Georg Dionysus
- ^ Plants and Gardens Portrayed: Rare and Illustrated Books from The LuEsther T
- ^ The Gardens Trust, "The other Chelsea flower show"
- ^ Patrick O'Brian, Joseph Banks, A Life, 1987 p.60.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Ehret.
A memoir of Georg Dionysius Ehret, written by himself Proceedings of the Linnean Society, London, November 1984 to June 1985.
External links
- Ehret Illustrations and portrait
- The Art of Georg Dionysius Ehret Archived 2003-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- de Bray, Lys (2001). "Georg Dionysius Ehret — 1708-70." In: The Art of Botanical Illustration: A history of classic illustrators and their achievements, pp. 107–119. Quantum Publishing Ltd., London. ISBN 1-86160-425-4.
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