A Fine Line: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
A Fine Line: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
From the Collection of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973)
Georg Dionysius Ehret
The White Lily
Auction Closed
July 7, 10:53 AM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
From the Collection of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973)
Georg Dionysius Ehret
Heidelberg 1708 - 1770 London
The White Lily
Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gum arabic on laid paper;
inscribed lower left: Prinum. americanum. / Lilio - Asphodelus Americanus, Semper-virens maximus, polyananthos albus / Com. Rar. Pl. i4. / Linn: Sp: Pl: 292, numbered lower centre: 7
503 by 354 mm
Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Lord Fairhaven (1900-1973);
by descent to the present owner
by descent to the present owner