Pen and ink drawing on paper of Atriplex hort (Atriplex hortensis) by Claude Aubriet c.1700. A: Recto: Handwritten in graphite pencil: TL: '2', LL: 'atriplex hort fuille a [...]'; B: Recto: Handwritten in graphite pencil: TL: 'des couches', TR: '1', CR: '2', LC: 'dapron la plantte' 'for dominee'; C: Handwritten in graphite pencil: C: 'desu la plant. Current botanical name: Atriplex hortensis. English vernacular name: Orach, Mountain Spinach. Inscription in French translates as: from the plant delineated, from under the plant delineated', some layers, leaf to add' and 'for making smaller' [instructions to the printer or engraver]
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Pen and ink on paper with grey wash. 22.7 cm x 16.7 cm. pen and ink. paper. grey wash