Accession No

4921

Brief Description

Botanical wallchart showing flowers of Lathraea.

Origin

Cambridge

Maker

Ward, H. Marshall

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1890

Latest Date

1906

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

height 1345mm; breadth 920mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘BOTANY SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE

Drawn by H. Marshall Ward (Professor of
Botany 1895-1906) and presented to the
Botany School by Mrs Marshall Ward.’ (on label, top right)
‘Lathraea’ (hand painted at bottom left)

Description Notes

Watercolour in greens, blue and salmon
Stem and immature flower buds at bottom, with mature flowers (lots of flowers on one stalk) growing up left.
Title at bottom left. No other labels.
Presentation sticker at top right.
Ref number on reverse.
Fair condition

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