Pen and ink drawing on paper of Acetosa hortensis rotundi folia (now identified as Oxyria digynia) by Claude Aubriet c.1700. Recto: LR: Handwritten in ink: 'aubriet fecit'; Handwritten in graphite pencil: CR: [?], LL: 'Acetosa hortensis rotundi folia'. English vernacular name: Mountain sorrel, wood Sorrel. Previously mis-identified as Rumex scutatus. 'Hortus' may indicate this plant was typically grown in gardens.
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Pen and ink on paper with grey wash. 22.2 cm x 16.8 cm. pen and ink. paper. grey wash