Tobacco
Dateca. 1640
Engraver
Basil Besler
1561 - 1629
OriginEurope, Germany
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)
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.ProvenanceBefore 1956, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1956-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
