Lapathum hortense folio oblongo sive secundum Dioscoridis [Rumex patientia]
Information
Title
Lapathum hortense folio oblongo sive secundum Dioscoridis [Rumex patientia]
Role
Artist
Record type
Drawings
Original Reference
A/CAu/P/552
Author or creator
Aubriet, Claude (1665-1742)
Date
c.1700
Scope & content
Pen and ink drawing on paper of Lapathum hortense folio oblongo sive secundum Dioscoridis [Rumex patientia] by Claude Aubriet c.1700. Recto: LR: Handwritten in ink: 'aubriet fecit'; Handwritten in graphite pencil: LR: 'parcelle delepit [sic]' LC: 'Lapathum hortense folio oblongo sive secundum dioscoridis'. Current botanical name: Rumex patientia. Latin inscription 'Lapathum hortense folio oblongo sive secundum Dioscoridis' means 'the garden dock with oblong leaves or the second [dock] of Discorides'. (Pedanius Dioscorides, Greek botanist). English vernacular name: Patience Dock, Spinach Dock, Patience Herb
Extent
1 item
Physical description
Pen and ink on paper with grey wash. 22.3 cm x 17 cm. pen and ink. paper. grey wash