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RefNoMS/109/58
LevelItem
TitlePainting of Parietaria Orientalis polygoni folio canescente, by Jacob van Huysum
Datec.1740
DescriptionBotanical study of Parietaria judaica, common name pellitory or pellitory-of-the-wall. Described in 'Corollarium Institutionum rei herbariae' (1703) by Josephi Pitton Tournefort. A specimen of this plant was noted in 'A catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, presented to the Royal Society... 1740' by Joseph Miller, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society volume 42, issue 471 (1743), p.622.

Plant with a long stalk, showing clusters of green leaves and very small flowers. Inscribed in ink 'Parietaria Orientalis polygoni folio canescente. T. Cor.' Not signed.
Extent1 painting
FormatWatercolour
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
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