Accession No

4661

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting cork growth in potato tubers, 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 665mm; breadth 825mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Kork des Kartoffelknollens.’ (title, at top)
‘(Potato)’ (pencil, handwritten, after 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 some brown colour.
‘1.’ is on left: cell-detail of potato, showing cork layer beneath the cuticle. Layers labelled with abbreviations.
‘2.’ is on right: artistic view of cork “cells” - looking like honeycomb.
Title at top, inside frame. Handwritten pencil ‘(Potato)’ follows title.
Top left, outside frame: ‘Pflanzenphysiologische Wandtafeln von Frank und Tschirch’
Top right, outside frame: ‘Taf. XLVII.’
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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