Pen and ink drawing on paper of Allium sativum alterum (now identified as Allium cf sativum) by Claude Aubriet c.1700. Recto: LR: Handwritten in ink: 'aubriet fecit'; Handwritten in graphite pencil: TL: '67', TC: 'aylle', LC: 'Allium sativum alterum sive alliopratum caulis summa circum volute C.B.p'. Previously mis-identified as Allium scorodoprasum. The Latin inscription translates as 'a kind of Allium sativum or Allium scorodoprasum rolled around the end of the stem'. Identified as Allium cf sativum. The English vernacular name: garlic
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Pen and ink on paper with grey wash. 23 cm x 16.8 cm. pen and ink. paper. grey wash