A3 Frangipane by Georg Dionysius Ehret Premium Print

This larger A3 size print features a study of the deciduous plant species Frangipane (Plumeria rubra) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770), a German-born botanist and entomologist known for his exquisite botanical illustrations.

The original work will be on display as part of the upcoming special exhibition In Bloom: How Plants Changed Our World at the Ashmolean Museum from 19 March - 16 August 2026.

Supplied unframed, this print comes with a backing board and is sealed in a clear cellophane pocket. Fits perfectly into one of our A3 wooden frames. 

Georg Dionysius Ehret was born in Germany and began his working life as a gardener's apprentice near Heidelberg, he became one of the most influential European botanical artists of all time. His first illustrations were in collaboration with Carl Linnaeus and George Clifford in 1735-1736. Clifford, a wealthy Dutch banker and governor of the Dutch East India Company was a keen botanist with a large herbarium. He had the income to attract the talents of botanists such as Linnaeus and artists like Ehret. Together at the Clifford estate, they produced Hortus Cliffortianus in 1738, a masterpiece of early botanical literature.

The flowering plant genus Ehretia was named in his honour.

Credit: Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770), Frangipane (Plumeria rubra), from Plantae Selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini, in hortis curiosorum nutrita, by Christoph Jacob Trew, Nuremberg, 1750–73, Hand-coloured engraving, Sherardian Library, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, 2-41 TR 1© Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.

Exclusive to the Ashmolean Museum.