Georg Ehret: Greatest Botanical Artist of the 1700s June 26, 2009

The spring 2009 exhibition will explore the life and work of one of the greatest botanical illustrators of all time, Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). This exhibition will gather together for the first time for public viewing magnificent examples of Ehrets paintings from public and private collections, alongside his published works from the holdings of the Mertz Library.