Accession No

4680

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting stages of development of the embryo at a cellular level (continued on chart accession number 4681), 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 663mm; height 826mm

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)
‘Lith. von Laue .’ t(bottom right)
‘Botanische Wandtafeln von L. KNY, Verlag von Paul Parey in Berlin. Tafel LXVI.’ (top right)

Description Notes

Printed line diagrams, black and white, some slight shading.
Shows cell divisions in the development of two cells (figure ‘1’) into a large, multi-cellular, ‘head-shaped’ structure, attached by a stem to a large sac (figure ‘5.b.’) 5b is the main picture, centre, and the earlier stages surround it, though not in numerical order. The cell divisions are followed by Roman numerals to identify the mother cells through the divisions.
Ref number bottom right.

Identical to accession number 4682, but less worn.
Slightly frayed round edges.

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