Accession No

4646

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting pollen grains (?) of Malua, by W. Gardiner, English, 19th to mid 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Gardiner, W.

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

height 692mm; breadth 615mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Malua’ (hand painted, bottom centre)

Description Notes

Line drawing, with some watercolours in red and yellow. Shows a round, spiky red object, probably pollen, with a cross-section of the same thing above. They are to the right of (and inside) a wall of cells, perhaps an anther, but nothing is labelled. Then pollen grains are surrounded by a granular material.
Title is at bottom.
Ref number in bottom right.

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