'Sedum montanum...' mb-code 2502683 Plate 7 from the monograph

Plate 7 from the monograph 'Merkwurdige phanomene an und durch verschiedene prismen: zur richtigen wurdigung der Newton'schen und der von Gothe'schen farbenlehre'

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Wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

From the Guildhall Museum

Mr H A Lenehan's observation of the halo and polar spot during the transit of Venus

'Sedum montanum...' mb-code 2502683 Plate 7 from the monographBotanical study, Sedum montanum [Sempervivum arachnoideum] in flower with foreground detail. Commonly called the mountain woolly houseleek or cobweb houseleek [described in Philip Millers, Gardeners' dictionary, 1735], the artist shows the fine inter leaf filaments producing the cobweb effect, from which the plant takes its name. Inscribed in ink: 'SEDUM montanum tomento sum C. B. P. Cobweb Houseleek.' Signed lower right; 'G. D. Ehret pinxit'.