Accession No

4689

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting process of fertilisation, and the development of endosperm tissue, 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 660mm; height 821mm

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 XX.’ (top right)

Description Notes

Printed line diagram, black and white, cell-level detail.
A pollen tube (top) has just reached the ovary, and fertilisation is about to take place.
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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