In 1737,Ehret,flower painter,observed the buds of opening into perfumed pure white flowers. In his study, it is not yet identified with the modern name 'grandiflora'. As many of the new plants from America,Magnolias were killed by the Great Frost in 1739-40

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Fruit Arrangement: Peaches and Plumbs on a Slab of Marble, Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1742 https://t.co/fq2Q9gcJDA

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It is so we are taking the opportunity to highlight some trees species you can see & also engravings in Mark Catesby's 'The natural history of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama Islands,...' publ. 1731-43.
1st - Magnolia grandiflora by Georg D. Ehret.

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Painting by Thomas Ehretsmann -- Pic found on Arts Backstage: https://t.co/bOt7IbNuvY

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Georg Dionysius Ehret died 250 years ago today - age 62 on the 9th September 1770 in Chelsea, London.

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Botanist, entomologist and botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius died 1770. Engravings after his botanical paintings were reproduced onto Chelsea porcelain.

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Just admiring these watercolour-&-gouache works by Georg Dionysus Ehret, one of the greatest 18C botanical illustrators ~ Magnolia grandiflora ■ Cereus Cactus (detail) ■ Christmas Rose https://t.co/IllZSLOTqe

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Plantae Selectae: No. 33 - Magnolia, Georg Dionysius Ehret https://t.co/xLDZt9ndTH

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Plantae Selectae: No. 68 - Lycium, Georg Dionysius Ehret https://t.co/cclXq3U1fx

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Europe had to wait until the 1730s until the dark secrets of the banana were unleashed. In 1736, Carl Linnaeus was the first person get banana to fruit in northern Europe. This superb image of a banana flower spike was produced by one of Linnaeus's collaborators - G.D. Ehret

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Fruit Arrangement: Peaches and Plumbs on a Slab of Marble, Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1742 https://t.co/fq2Q9gcJDA

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Fruit Arrangement: Peaches and Plums on a Slab of Marble (1742) by Georg Dionysius Ehret. Original from The Cleveland Museum of Art.
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we are bulletproof: the eternal mv / julie mehretu, conjured parts (eye), ferguson, 2016

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Fabulous magnolias now in bloom evoke G.D.Ehret’s illustration of Magnolia from Plantae Selectae 1772 held in Botany collections .
Ehret walked daily to the gardens of Sir Charles Wager to observe the magnolias there​.
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While they are popular garden plants here, Magnolia and Liriodendron are now extinct in Europe. Would you like to know why, join us: https://t.co/rKJLnCdFTW Liriodendron by G.D. Ehret & Magnolia by S. Edwards.

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Congrats to Steve Ehret for 3rd place in Boschian: Beautifully Bizarre art show at on East Market. Floater, an oil painting in the Bosch tradition. The bizarre and beautiful in THREE G gallery, 3rd floor til 3/28. Today, 12-5. https://t.co/tOqVFhia6T

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