Accession No

4662

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting wound-cork and leaf fall in three species (Robinia Pseudacacia, Ampelopsis quinqefolia, and Vanilla planifolia), 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 668mm; breadth 837mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Wundkork und Blattfall.’ (title, bottom right)
‘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, no colour, though some grey shading.
‘1.’ is of Robinia Pseudacacia:: shows a branch growing out of the main stem, not cell-detail, though tissues are marked with letters.
‘2.’ is of Ampelopsis quinquefolia, showing the growth of a leaf at a branch point.
‘3.’ is of Vanilla planifolia, showing cell level detail of area surrounding a wound.
Title at top, inside frame.
Top left, outside frame: ‘Pflanzenphysiologische Wandtafeln von Frank und Tschirch’
Top right, outside frame: ‘Taf. XLVIII.’
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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