Accession No

4931

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting form of whole plant Spiraea Filipendula, by John Stevens Henslow, English, mid-19th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, John Stevens

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1827

Latest Date

1861

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

height 660mm; breadth 862mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Inscription

‘Spiraea Filipendula’ (top right)
‘Spiraea filipendula
JS Henslow’ (handwritten, bottom centre)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart, depicting form of whole plant Spiraea Filipendula, by John Stevens Henslow, English, mid-19th Century.

Waterclour of whole plant of Spiraea filipendula. Species name in top right, ref number appears both bottom left and bottom right. Handwritten notation in bottom centre gives species name and is signed by Henslow.
Compare accession numbers 4652 and 4930.

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