- Creator:
- Print made by Adam Ludwig Wirsing, 1733–1797, Germanafter Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770, German
- Title:
- Caryophyllus X. Mercurius. Plate 67 from 'Hortus Nitidissimis Omnem per Annum Superbiens Floribus', Nuremberg, 1768
- Date:
- 1768
- Materials & Techniques:
- Engraving with original hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 x 14 inches (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2011.20.3
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- butterfly | caterpillar | flower (plant) | plant | botanical subject | botany | science
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:63603