Tobacco

Dateca. 1640

Engraver Basil Besler (1561 - 1629)

MediumLine engraving and etching with hand color

DimensionsFramed: 22 1/8 × 18 5/8in. Other: 18 3/8 × 15 3/8in. (46.7 × 39.1cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1956-121

DescriptionText reads: "1./ Tabacum latifolium."
Label TextThe large leaf, flowers and stems of the tobacco plant are shown. Engraved by Basil Besler and published in his "Hortus Eystettensis," ca. 1640.

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