Accession No

4649

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting different fruit and flowers of Phoenix, by Arthur Shrubbs, English, late 19th Century to early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Shrubbs, Arthur

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1922

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

height 916mm; breadth 685mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Phoenix’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Black line drawing, with some shading, showing 8 parts of Phoenix. No labels. Top left, one below the other are cross sections, probably of fruit or seed. Top right is picture of whole fruit on branch. In centre is drawing of whole fruit, and to its right is a transverse-section of the fruit, showing the seed. Bottom left are a picture of the seed, and to its left a transverse-section. Bottom right is a cross-section of either the fruit or seed.
Similar style to item 4648, and apparently continued in 4650.
Title is at bottom centre.
Ref number in bottom right.

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