Pen and ink drawing on paper of Cepa ascalonica Math. (now Allium cepa) by Claude Aubriet c.1700. Recto: LR: Handwritten in ink: 'aubriet fecit'; Handwritten in graphite pencil: TL: '66', TC: 'Echalotte [?]', LL: 'Cepa ascalonica Math'. Current botanical name: Allium cepa. 'Math' is the Latin abbreviation of Matthioli (Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Italian physician and naturalist), Italian botanist). The Italian name is Scalogna, an old Latin synonym is Allium ascalonicum. English vernacular names: onion, tree onion and shallot
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Pen and ink on paper with grey wash. 23 cm x 16.8 cm. pen and ink. Western paper. grey wash