Accession No

4687

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting six stages in the cellular development of a plant organ, probably the shoot tip developing into a flower bud, by L. Kny, W. A. Meyn, Wiegandt, Hempel, and Parey, German, c. 1850-1967

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

Kny, L. [artist] Meyn, W. A. [lithographer] Wiegandt, Hempel and Parey [publisher]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 648mm; height 818mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘L. Kny ad .nat. del.’ (bottom left)
‘W.A. Meyn lith.’ t(bottom right)
‘Botanische Wandtafeln von L. KNY, (Verlag von Wiegandt, Hempel & Parey in Berlin.) Tafel XIX.’ (top right)

Description Notes

Printed line diagrams, black and white, cell-level detail.
Figure 1 is left centre, and the others run round in a clockwise direction. Starting at 1, an almost flat layer of cells develops into a shoot tip with protective surrounding points. Some parts are labelled with letters, but there is no key.
Top right, to left of printed heading: embossed impression of coat of arms, surmounted with eagle, bearing motto ‘coll. christi cant’
Ref number bottom right.
Worn, but otherwise fair condition.

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