Lichen petreus umbellatus, Hepatica tertia [Marchantia polymorpha]
Information
Title
Lichen petreus umbellatus, Hepatica tertia [Marchantia polymorpha]
Author or creator
Aubriet, Claude (1665-1742)
Role
Artist
Record type
Drawings
Original Reference
A/CAu/P/367
Date
c.1700
Scope & content
Pen and ink drawing on paper of Lichen petreus umbellatus, Hepatica tertia (Marchantia polymorpha) by Claude Aubriet c.1700. Recto: LR: Handwritten in ink: 'Aubriet Fecit'; LC: Handwritten in graphite pencil: 'Lichen petreus umbellatus. C.B.Pin 362. Hepatica tertia Tabern. Jeen 814'. Current botanical name: Marchantia polymorpha. Latin inscription 'Lichen petreus umbellatus, Hepatica tertia Tabern.' means 'umbellate rock lichen, third liverwort of Tabernaemontanus' (Jacobus Theodorus Tabernaemontanus, German botanist and physician). English vernacular name: common liverwort
Extent
1 item
Physical description
Pen and ink on paper with grey wash. 22.5 cm x 17 cm. pen and ink. paper. grey wash