Vintage Framed Georg Dionysius Ehret Papaya Botanical Reproduction Print, After 1750

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Large vintage framed botanical print reproducing “The Female Popaw Tree; Papaya,” Plate XV from Griffith Hughes’s landmark 1750 publication The … Read more Large vintage framed botanical print reproducing “The Female Popaw Tree; Papaya,” Plate XV from Griffith Hughes’s landmark 1750 publication The Natural History of Barbados.

The original botanical illustration depicts the papaya tree (Carica papaya) and is attributed to celebrated German botanical artist and engraver Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Ehret’s illustration appears as Plate 15 in Hughes’s Natural History of Barbados, published in London in 1750.

This later decorative reproduction retains the distinctive composition of the historic plate: a tall fruiting papaya tree with deeply lobed leaves, a separate botanical flower study, period inscription, and elaborate heraldic coat of arms.

Professionally presented under glass with a wide neutral mat, fine green border, and an ornate antiqued metallic frame featuring raised foliate decoration. The soft palette of sage green, pale blue, cream, ochre, and muted gold gives the work an elegant natural-history aesthetic well suited to traditional, grandmillennial, English country, tropical, coastal, botanical, and collected interiors.

An attractive statement piece for a living room, dining room, library, bedroom, study, sunroom, or gallery wall.
This is a later decorative reproduction after the 1750 botanical engraving, not an original 18th-century plate.
Framed dimensions: approximately 29" H x 22" W.

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Artist/Designer: After Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770)
Original source: Griffith Hughes, The Natural History of Barbados
Original publication date: 1750
Plate: XV / Plate 15
Historical title: The Female Popaw Tree; Papaya
Botanical subject: Carica papaya
Medium: Printed reproduction on paper
Period of this reproduction: Late 20th century, approximate
Style: Botanical / Natural History / Traditional
Frame: Ornate antiqued metallic-finish frame with matting
Signed: No
Framed size: Approx. 29" x 22"
The 1750 book is documented by the Biodiversity Heritage Library, while the Missouri Botanical Garden database specifically records this papaya illustration as Plate 15 by Ehret. See less