Mentha Arvensis (American Wild Mint)
Series TitleWildflowers of New England
Artist
Edwin Hale Lincoln
(American, 1848 - 1938)
Dateca. 1905
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 3/8 inches (23.81 × 18.73 cm)
Mount: 15 × 13 inches (38.1 × 33.02 cm)
Mount: 15 × 13 inches (38.1 × 33.02 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.155
Signednone
InscribedNumbered and titled on mount recto, lower left, in black type: “178. MENTHA ARVENSIS, / AMERICAN WILD MINT.”
MarkingsNumbered on mount verso, left edge, in pencil: “8661RY”
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DescriptionBotanical image of plant with tiny flowers crowded into spikes at the tip of the erect stems with many lanceolate leaves.Provenance
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