'Sedum montanum...' mb-code 2502683 By the Marquis de la

By the Marquis de la Place

He was heir to the Barnato Diamond Mining Co

They lost contact over the years and while Krishna became a military leader and King

Liverpool manager Bill Shankly celebrates after his team's 3-0 win

Plate 7 from the monograph 'Merkwurdige phanomene an und durch verschiedene prismen: zur richtigen wurdigung der Newton'schen und der von Gothe'schen farbenlehre'

'Sedum montanum...' mb-code 2502683 By the Marquis de laBotanical study, Sedum montanum [Sempervivum arachnoideum] in flower with foreground detail. Commonly called the mountain woolly houseleek or cobweb houseleek [described in Philip Millers, Gardeners' dictionary, 1735], the artist shows the fine inter leaf filaments producing the cobweb effect, from which the plant takes its name. Inscribed in ink: 'SEDUM montanum tomento sum C. B. P. Cobweb Houseleek.' Signed lower right; 'G. D. Ehret pinxit'.