Print (Etching)

  • Title:

    PETIVERIA Linn. H. Cliff. 141.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    Johann Jakob Haid and Johann Elias Haid (Engraver and colorist)

    Georg Dionysis Ehret (Designer)

    Christoph Jacob Trew (Publisher)

  • Place of Origin:

    Nuremberg, Germany, Europe

  • Date:

    1750-1773

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Gouache; Gilt; Paper (laid)

  • Techniques:

    Etched, Engraved, Line engraved, Hand colored, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1978.0038.002


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1978.0038.002

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

PETIVERIA Linn. H. Cliff. 141.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects

Creator (Role)

Johann Jakob Haid and Johann Elias Haid (Engraver and colorist)

Georg Dionysis Ehret (Designer)
1708-1770
Christoph Jacob Trew, a physician and botanist, was Ehret's primary patron publishing both Plantae Selectae, one of the finest ever 18th-century botanical sets in which these prints were issued. Trew had for a number of years been an admirer of Ehret's work. While Ehret was working as an artist for a banker in Regensburg, Germany, he met Trew, and the two remained friends and associates for life. Ehret developed his gardening skills in Heidelberg in his youth, practicing drawing in his spare time. He moved to London in the late 1730s, establishing himself as a teacher of flower painting and botany. He painted the recently introduced exotic plants at the Chelsea Physic Garden. By 1742, Trew wrote to a friend that he already had acquired over 100 botanical studies of exotic plants by Ehret. After considerable discussion, in 1748, Johann Jacob Haid from Augsburg and his son Johann Elias Haid (1739-1809) agreed to produce the engravings from Ehret's drawings.

Christoph Jacob Trew (Publisher)
1695-1769
Christoph Jacob Trew, a physician and botanist, was Ehret's primary patron publishing both Plantae Selectae, one of the finest ever 18th-century botanical sets in which these prints were issued. Trew had for a number of years been an admirer of Ehret's work. While Ehret was working as an artist for a banker in Regensburg, Germany, he met Trew, and the two remained friends and associates for life. Ehret developed his gardening skills in Heidelberg in his youth, practicing drawing in his spare time. He moved to London in the late 1730s, establishing himself as a teacher of flower painting and botany. He painted the recently introduced exotic plants at the Chelsea Physic Garden. By 1742, Trew wrote to a friend that he already had acquired over 100 botanical studies of exotic plants by Ehret. After considerable discussion, in 1748, Johann Jacob Haid from Augsburg and his son Johann Elias Haid (1739-1809) agreed to produce the engravings from Ehret's drawings.

Place of Origin

Nuremberg, Germany, Europe

Date

1750-1773

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; J. Jac. Haid, excud. Aug. Vind.

Subjects

Botanical illustration; Still life; Book illustration

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Gouache; Gilt; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched, Engraved, Line engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

19.6 (H) , 13.4 (W) , 13.6 (Image H) , 9.6 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

49.7 (H) , 34.1 (W) , 13.6 (Image H) , 9.6 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.9 in. (35.4 cm). Plate W: 10.1 in. (25.6 cm). Chain interval: 3.2 cm.

Publisher Summary

Trew, Christoph Jacob

Place of Publication

Nuremberg, Germany, Europe

Watermark

WAL_SE_"

Coloring

Hand colored with opaque watercolors

Edition Notes

From: Plantae selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini, in hortis curiosorum nutrita (Nuremberg, 1750-1773).

Object Description

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