Pen and ink drawing on paper of Mespilus apri folio sylvestris spinosa (now Crataegus monogyna) by Claude Aubriet c.1700. Recto: LR: Handwritten in ink: 'aubriet fecit'; Handwritten in graphite pencil: TL: '62', LC: 'Mespilus aprii folio sylvestris spinosa sive oxycantha C.B.p'. Current botanical name: Crataegus monogyna. Latin inscription means 'wild spiny or sharp-thorned celery-leaved Mespilus'. Mespilus (Medlar) is a synonym. English vernacular names: midland hawthorn, may, English hawthorn
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Pen and ink on paper with grey wash. 23 cm x 16.8 cm. pen and ink. paper. grey wash