{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O74403"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O74403/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010EH6295/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010EH6295/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2010EH6295","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2006AV2863","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O74403/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O74403","accessionNumber":"D.599-1886","objectType":"Watercolour","titles":[{"title":"<i>Daphne mezereum</i> with butterfly","type":"generic title"}],"summaryDescription":"Ehret was one of the greatest botanical illustrators working in the 18th century. He supplied illustrations for a number of important botanical publications. He was also closely involved in publicising and promoting the binomial system of plant classification that was devised by the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus.\r\n\r\nThe way that the stems have been grouped, and the inclusion of a butterfly suggest that this watercolour was probably intended as a decorative painting rather than a scientific botanical illustration.","physicalDescription":"Daphne Mezereum, with butterfly by George Dionysus Ehret; watercolour and gouache on vellum;","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Ehret, George Dionysus","id":"A7560"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"watercolour (paint)","id":"AAT15045"},{"text":"gouache","id":"AAT70114"},{"text":"vellum (paper)","id":"AAT250699"}],"techniques":[{"text":"drawing (image-making)","id":"AAT54196"},{"text":"watercolour painting (technique)","id":"THES250889"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Watercolour and gouache on vellum","categories":[{"text":"Paintings","id":"THES48917"},{"text":"Botanical art","id":"THES277744"},{"text":"Illustration","id":"THES48938"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2010EH6295","2006AV2863"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLE","id":"THES49657"},"free":"","case":"DP","shelf":"2","box":"C"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"watercolour","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"},"note":"probably"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"mid 18th century","earliest":"1725-01-01","latest":"1775-12-31"},"association":{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Watercolour and gouache on vellum depicting Daphne Mezereum with butterfly by George Dionysus Ehret, France, 18th century.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"butterfly","id":"x30161"},{"text":"flower","id":"AAT132399"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["D.599-1886"],"accessionNumberNum":"599","accessionNumberPrefix":"D","accessionYear":1886,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2003-02-14","availableToBook":false}}