Accession No

4651

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting the germinating seed and the grown plant of maize (?) with some cellular structures, by Paul Parey, Ebenhusen and Eckstein, Frank, and Tschirch, Germany, c. 1850-1967

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

Parey, Paul [publisher] Ebenhusen and Eckstein [lithographer] Frank [artist] Tschirch [artist]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 830mm; height 667mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Keimung des Mais’ (title, at top)
‘Verlag von Paul Parey in Berlin.’ (bottom centre)
‘Lith. Anst. v. Ebenhusen & Eckstein, Stuttgart.’ (bottom right)

Description Notes

Printed line drawings, and coloured drawings.
Bottom left and bottom centre are line drawings of cell structure, probably of leaves (there are chloroplasts). The palisade layer is labelled, and other layers are labelled with letters (‘M.E.’, ‘H.E.’, ‘Kl.’, ‘Sch.’).
Top left and top centre are coloured cross-sections of the seed (I and II; in II, the embryo is just germinating). Parts are labelled either with words, or letters. Between the diagrams are five B&W images of starch particles, and there are three more to the right. Further to the right are coloured drawings of the outside of the seeds shown in I and II on the left. Down the right side, diagram III shows a mature plant from leaves to roots. Parts are labelled with words or abbreviations.
Title at top, inside frame.
Top left, outside frame: ‘Pflanzenphysiologische Wandtafeln von Frank und Tschirch’
Top right, outside frame: ‘Taf. IV.’
Bottom centre, outside frame: ‘Verlag von Paul Parey in Berlin.’
Bottom right, outside frame: ‘Lith. Anst. v. Ebenhusen & Eckstein, Stuttgart.’
Ref number bottom left.

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