Monarda didyma/Scarlet Lion's Tail

The Hon. Booth Grey British

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 690

The style and technique of this collage derive from Mary Delany. The Grey family was certainly in Delany’s circle; in fact, four of her works are annotated as plants she received from a "Mr. B. Grey" (now in the British Museum). Inspired by her method of cut-paper mosaic, Booth Grey additionally employed watercolor to denote details and shading in his specimens. This collage was included in a collection annotated "90 Plants / done by the / Honble Booth Grey" that descended in the Grey family. There are two candidates for its possible author as family members shared the same name and title.

Monarda didyma/Scarlet Lion's Tail, The Hon. Booth Grey (British, active ca. 1790), Paper mosaic: cut piece of laid paper colored with watercolor, laid onto a supporting sheet colored entirely with black ink and marked with a white paper label

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