Accession No

4656

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting seed sturcture and germination in Linum, by Paul Parey, W. A. Weyn, 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

height 657mm; breadth 815mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Keimung des Lein.’ (title, left centre)
‘LINUM’ (left centre, below title)
‘Verlag von Paul Parey in Berlin S.W. 10 Hedemannstr.’ (Bottom centre)
‘W.A. Meyn, Lith. Inst. Berlin’ (Bottom right)

Description Notes

Printed line drawings, with yellow, brown and green in some diagrams.
Diagrams 1, 2 and 3 are top left, colour representations of germination: 1 shows seed just in the earth, with young root; 2 shows older root, with seed raised above grund by the growing shoot; 3 shows mature plant, leaves have developed, and old seed coat is discarded. There are some labels, mostly single letters.
Diagram 4 is bottom left: three colour cross-section of seed, with layers labelled with letters.
Diagram 5 is the entire right side: detailed cell-level structure of something with distinct layers. Labels are single letters on left side.
Title at top, inside frame.
‘Pisum’ at bottom right, inside frame.
Top left, outside frame: ‘Pflanzenphysiologische Wandtafeln von Frank und Tschirch’
Top right, outside frame: ‘Taf. XXXI.’
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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