Accession No

4663

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting cork growth, 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 670mm; breadth 829mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Kork’ (title, top)
‘Verlag von Paul Parey in Berlin S.W., 10. Hedemannstr.’ (bottom centre)
‘W.A. Meyn, Lith. Inst. Berlin.’ (bottom right)

Description Notes

Five printed line drawings, with some brown shading.
‘1.’ and ‘2.’ are fill the lower half, both show layers of cells with cork growth. Layers of tissue are labelled with letters.
‘3.’, ‘4.’ and ‘5’ run across the top, each showing half a dozen cells. ‘3’ shows cells which are already corkified, while the other two have brown lines running across some of the sub-epidermal cells.
Title at top, inside frame.
Top left, outside frame: ‘Pflanzenphysiologische Wandtafeln von Frank und Tschirch’
Top right, outside frame: ‘Taf. XLVI.’
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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