Accession No

4686

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting ovule and embryo-sac of Narcissus poeticus L, by J. F. Schreiber and Arnold Dodel-Port, German, late 19th century

Origin

Germany; Esslingen

Maker

Schreiber, J. F. [printer] Dodel-Port, Arnold [artist]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1860

Latest Date

1890

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 635mm; height 870mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Arnold Dodel-Port ad nat. del.’ (bottom left)
‘Narcissus poeticus L.’ (bottom centre)
‘J.F. Schreiber. esslingen. Impr.’ (bottom right)
‘I. Conrad lith.’ (bottom right, handwriting, with ‘I’ superimposed on ‘C’)

Description Notes

Five diagrams of different parts of Narcissus poeticus, in colour, though mostly green.
Diagrams are numbered, have lettered labels, and have their scales marked.
Main picture, ocupying most of chart is figure 2, a cell-detail cross-section of the ovary, with pollen tube approaching from top.
Fig 1 is top left, life size drawing of the whole plant, from roots to flower.
Fig 3 is top right, a detail of the flower.
Fig 4 is top right, a longitudinal section through the ovary.
Fig 5 is top right, a cross-section through the ovary.
Notation in top left ‘Dodel-Port Atlas’.
Inscription runs across the bottom.
Ref number in bottom right.
Fragile.
Compare accession number 4688, which may be a copy of this.

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