This version of George Ehret's famous Cape Belladonna was engraved by Seligmann and printed in his Hortus Nitidissimus as "Lilio-narcissus Belladonna". Seligmann died in 1762, but this plate was probably published during his lifetime.

Jakob Trew, who provided the paintings for Hortus Nitidissimis, was a long-time patron of George Ehret, and corresponded with Peter Collinson, Hans Sloane and other botanists of the day. His name appeared prominently on the title page, but had little to do with the publication, which was handled by G. L. Huth (1705-1761).

The name "Belladonna" does not refer to the Amaryllis Belladonna of Linnaeus, which Seligmann later engraved as the "West Indische rothe Lilie." Rather, Seligmann based his engraving on Ehret's "Lilio-narcissus Americanus Belladonna dictus, par. bat.", which was doubly misnamed. The "par. bat." is the Paradisus Batavus (1698) of Paul Hermann, though he used the name "Lilium Americanum..." was referring to the West Indies Red Lily.

Linné the Younger based his Amaryllis Belladonna on this plate, rather than on his father's Amaryllis Belladonna, which was the American plant.