Accession No

4642

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, of fruit of Artocarpus, by George Henslow, English, mid-19th Century to early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, George

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth (tape)

Dimensions

breadth 440mm; height 470mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Artocarpus’ (bottom left)

Description Notes

Printed picture of green fruit and green leaf of Artocarpus. Fruit has representations of cells marked on.
Bottom left is torpedo shaped green object (?seed).
Title is stencilled on at bottom.
Ref number bottom right.
Poor condition, has already been sellotaped back together on front, and cloth-taped on reverse.

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