American Turk's-cap lily (Lilium superbum)
1744
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1744
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This watercolor shows a precise study of the American Turk’s-cap lily. The plant’s nodding orange flowers and spotted leaves are painted with care. Ehret worked in the 1740s, when accurate plant images mattered for science and gardens. Ehret helped spread a new naming system from Carl Linnaeus. He recorded when this lily first bloomed in a London garden in 1738. Look up Ehret, Georg Dionysus next.
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