Accession No

4673

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting 3 stages of development of embryo-sac at a cellular level, by L. Kny, C. Müller, E. Laue, and Paul Parey, German, c.1850-1967

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

Kny, L. [artist] Müller, C. [artist] Laue, E. [lithographer] Parey, Paul [publisher]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 664mm; height 807mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘L. Kny. et C. Müller ad .nat. del.’ (bottom left)
‘E. Laue lith.’ t(bottom right)
‘Botanische Wandtafeln von L. KNY, Verlag von Paul Parey in Berlin. Tafel LXXXIII.’ (top right)

Description Notes

Printed line diagrams, black and white, some slight shading.
Diagrams are labelled 1 to 3, and parts are labelled with letters, but there is no key.
Each diagram is tall and thin, and shows cells. A continuation of the process which was depicted in accession numbers 4641 and 4672. Shows cell divisions from left to right.
Ref number bottom right.
Slightly frayed round edges.

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