{"title":"Ehret, Georg Dionysius","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a German botanist and entomologist known for his botanical illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEhret was born in Germany to Ferdinand Christian Ehret, a gardener and competent draughtsman, and Anna Maria Ehret. Beginning his working life as a gardener's apprentice near Heidelberg, he became one of the most influential European botanical artists of all time. His first illustrations were in collaboration with Carl Linnaeus and George Clifford in 1735-1736. Clifford, a wealthy Dutch banker and governor of the Dutch East India Company, was a keen botanist with a large herbarium. He had the income to attract the talents of botanists such as Linnaeus and artists like Ehret. Together at the Clifford estate, Hartecamp, which is located south of Haarlem in Heemstede near Bennebroek, they produced Hortus Cliffortianus in 1738, a masterpiece of early botanical literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a result of exploitation by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann, Ehret finished only 500 plates of a 1,000 plate commission and moved to England, where he was promoted by Sir Hans Sloane, Dr Mead and the bluestocking Duchess of Portland. Ehret was in great demand. Engravings after his botanical paintings illustrated Mark Catesby's works on the flora and fauna of the New World. Engravings from his series Plantae et Papiliones Rariores, 1748-59, found their way onto Chelsea porcelain. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEhret's original art work may be found at the Natural History Museum in London, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe genus Ehretia was named in his honour.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ehret-georg-dionysius-1708-1770-magnolia-grandiflora","title":"Ehret, Georg Dionysius (1708-1770) - Magnolia Grandiflora","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis lovely flower image is by German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 6336 pixels wide by 8952 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis image is also included in our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/products\/botanical-prints-40-high-resolution-images\" title=\"Botanical Prints\"\u003eBotanical Prints\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/ehret-georg-dionysius\" title=\"Georg Ehret\"\u003eGeorg Dionysius Ehret\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51535664775498,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Ehret_GeorgDionysius_1708-1770_-MagnoliaGrandiflora_main.jpg?v=1755097491"},{"product_id":"ehret-georg-dionysius-1708-1770-hibiscus-iris-indian-chickweed","title":"Ehret, Georg Dionysius (1708-1770) - Hibiscus, Iris \u0026 Indian Chickweed","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis lovely flower image is by German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret, from Plantae et Papiliones Rariores 1748-59.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image, in jpeg format, that is 600dpi and 6336 pixels wide by 8943 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis image is also included in our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/products\/botanical-prints-40-high-resolution-images\" title=\"Botanical Prints\"\u003eBotanical Prints\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/ehret-georg-dionysius\" title=\"Georg Ehret\"\u003eGeorg Dionysius Ehret\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51537006821706,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Ehret_GeorgDionysius_1708-1770_-PlantaeetPapilionesRariores1748-59-Hibiscus_Iris_main.jpg?v=1755097492"},{"product_id":"botanical-prints-40-high-resolution-images","title":"Botanical Prints - 40 High Resolution Images","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage botanical illustrations capture the intricate beauty of plants with remarkable detail and artistry. 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