Accession No

4940

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting cellular structure of leaf cuticle in cherry laurel, by Paul Parey, W. A. Meyn, Frank, and Tschirch, German, c. 1850-1967

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

Parey, Paul [publisher] Meyn, W. A. [lithographer] Frank [artist] Tschirch [artist]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 820mm; height 660mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Cuticula und Cuticularschichten.’ (title, at top)
‘Verlag von Paul Parey in Berlin S.W., 10. Hedemannstr.’ (bottom centre)
‘W.A. Meyn, Lith. Inst. Berlin.’ (bottom right)

Description Notes

Printed line drawing of leaf cell structure, showing cuticle (salmon coloured, labelled ‘c’). Two diagrams, above each other. The upper one (‘1.’) has a thicker cuticle, beneath which is a yellow layer, labelled ‘y’ and some palisade cells. The lower one (‘2.’) has a thin cuticle, labelled and coloured as above, but immediately beneath it is a layer ‘a’ and longitudinal cells ‘e’.
Title at top, inside frame.
Top left, outside frame: ‘Pflanzenphysiologische Wandtafeln von Frank und Tschirch’
Top right, outside frame: ‘Taf. LIV.’
Bottom centre, outside frame: ‘Verlag von Paul Parey in Berlin S.W., 10. Hedemannstr.’
Bottom right, outside frame: ‘W.A. Meyn, Lith. Inst. Berlin.’
Ref number bottom left.

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