Pen and ink drawing on paper of Dipsacus sativus by Claude Aubriet c.1700. Recto: LR: Handwritten in ink: 'aubriet fecit'; Handwrittein in graphite pencil: TC: 'ettamine grosie', TR: '[?]' LL: 'Dipsacus sativus C.B.Pin Chardon a Bonnatier [sic]'. Current botanical name: Dipsacus sativus. Inscription 'Chardon a bonnetier' translates as 'hosier's thistle'. English vernacular name: Fuller's teasel. A fulling teasel was used as a kind of brush or comb, in the process of cloth making
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Pen and ink on paper with grey wash. 22.6 cm x 16.6 cm. pen and ink. paper. grey wash