Pen and ink drawing on paper of Adiantum fruticosum, Brasilianum (now identified as Adiantum pedatum) by Claude Aubriet c.1700. Recto: LR: Handwritten in ink: 'aubriet fecit'; Handwritten in graphite pencil: TR: '35', LC: 'Adiantum fruticosum, Brasilianum C.B.Pin Capillaire du Canada'. Current botanical name: Adiantum pedatum. Previously mis-identified as Adiantum trapeziforme. French name as given: 'Capillaire du Canada' translates as 'Maiden-hair of Canada'. English vernacular name: Northern Maidenhair
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Pen and ink on paper with grey wash. 22.4 cm x 16.7 cm. pen and ink. paper. grey wash