Indigo plant (Indigofera tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate flower and fruit segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.

  • Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.
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[1750-53]
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18374i
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The indigo plant was the main source of the dye, indigo, from the Far East and is sometimes used as green manure or fodder

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[Nuremberg], [1750-53]

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1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 34.7 x 21.5 cm

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Indigofera scapo infirmo, foliorum pinis oblongis pallide virentibus glabris, pedunculis spicae longissimus, floribus laxe dispositis, leguminibus compressis brevibg gibbosis subasperis dispermis. ... Lettering continues on the print with a description of the flower and fruit segments shown

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Wellcome Collection 18374i

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