Accession No

4657

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting section through Datura Stramonium L, with smaller inset diagrams of flower and seed germination, in colour, by J. F. Schreiber, Carolina Dodel-Port, and Arnold Dodel-Port, German, late 19th Century

Origin

Germany; Esslingen

Maker

Schreiber, J. F. [printer] Dodel-Port, Carolina [artist] Dodel-Port, Arnold [artist]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1860

Latest Date

1890

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 884mm; height 650mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘A &. Car. Dodel-Port ad nat. del’ (bottom left)
‘Datura Stramonium L.’ (bottom centre)
‘J.F. Schreiber, Esslingen, Edit.’ (bottom right)

Description Notes

Main diagram (Fig. 4.) shows cell-detail cross-section through stem of Datura Stramonium L. (182:1), with letters identifying parts (though no key is given).
The main diagram is surrounded by nine small diagrams:
Fig. 1 is bottom left: picture of whole plant with flowers, life size.
Fig. 2 is bottom right: picture of seed, with spiky seed coat slightly exploded to reveal seed inside (2:1)
Fig. 5 is bottom centre: close-up (540:1) of layers (not cell detail) possibly of cuticle and epidermis.
Fig. 6 is bottom centre, to right of 5: close-up (402:1) of something approx. cylindrical, with frilly grey top edge, and yellow striated walls.
Figs 3, 8, 9, 10 show germination of seed, maturing in the order given. 3 and 8 are top right, while 9 and 10 are top left, with the root of 10 running all down the left side.
Fig. 7. is top right, cross-section through seed.
Notation in top left ‘Dodel-Port Atlas’.
Inscription runs across the bottom.
Ref number in top left.

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