Pen and ink drawing on paper of Ballota Math [Ballota nigra] by Claude Aubriet c.1700. Recto: LR: Handwritten in ink: 'aubriet fecit'; Handwritten in graphite pencil: TL: '14', CL: 'noir', LL: 'Ballota Math'. Identified as Ballota nigra. Ballota 'Math' is the Latin abbreviation of Matthioli (Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Italian physician and naturalist), Italian physician and naturalist). English vernacular name: black horehound
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Pen and ink on paper with grey wash. 22.4 cm x 16.5 cm. pen and ink. paper. grey wash