Accession No

4668

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting different stages of development in Vitis (grapes), by J. F. Schreiber, attributed to Engleder, German, c. 1850-1967

Origin

Germany; Esslingen, near Stuttgart

Maker

Schreiber, J.F. [publisher] Engleder [artist, attributed]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

breadth 548mm; height 729mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Vitis’ (bottom left)

Description Notes

Thirteen green pictures of different stages of development of Vitis, labelled ‘a’ to ‘n’.
‘a’ occupies the centre, from top to bottom: whole stem, with leaves.
‘b’ to ‘e’ run down right side, and depict the sexual organs. They are gradually uncovered, with the final picture being a cross-section through the stigma.
‘f’ and ‘g’ are bottom centre: ‘f’ is the fruit, and ‘g’ is its cross-section.
‘h’ and ‘i’ are bottom left, different views of the seed.
‘k’, ‘l’, and ‘m’ are centre left, different sections through the seed.
‘n’ is top left, a bunch of grapes.
Title is bottom left.
Ref number in bottom right.
Reverse side:
in centre is stuck a label (all text is old German gothic font, except for the Latin species name): ‘Engleders Wandtafeln für den naturkundlichen Unterricht. Pflanzenkunde.’ The main text is a key to parts ‘a’ to ‘n’. Bottom line reads ‘Verlag von J.F. Schreiber in Esslingen bei Stuttgart.’
Outside the decorative frame, at bottom left is ‘Lief. VII.37.’
The chart has been repaired at some point by sticking extra backing paper over damaged parts. Top left, a paper entitled ‘Lecture IV, Monocotyledons’ has been stuck on. The typed text is about monocotyledons and their characteristics. Lower left, a fragment of another typed paper remains.

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