Object Name
Print (Engraving)
Title
Aloe Americana tuberosa yuccae foliis
Creator (Role)
Johann Jakob Haid (Engraver); Georg Dionysis Ehret (Draftsman); Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (Author)
Place of Origin
Regensburg; Germany; Europe
Subject(s)
- Botanical illustration
- Still life
- Book illustration
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Engraving
- Etched
- Line Engraving
- Mezzotint
Dimensions (inches)
18.1 (H) x 11.7 (W) x 12.8 (Image H) x 8.4 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
45.9 (H) x 29.8 (W) x 32.5 (Image H) x 21.3 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate H: 12.8 in. (32.5 cm). Plate W: 8.4 in. (21.3 cm). Chain interval: (2.8 - 3.0 cm).
Place of Publication
Regensburg, Germany
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Edition Notes
From: Phytanthoza iconographia: sive conspectus aliquot millium, tam indigenarum quam exoticarum, ex quatuor mundi partibus ... Regensburg [Ratisbonoe] : per Hieronymum Lentzum (1737- 1745), 8 Vol. folio).