Accession No

4919

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing flower of Rafflesia, by H. Marshall Ward, English, late 19th to early 20th Century

Origin

Cambridge

Maker

Ward, H. Marshall

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1890

Latest Date

1906

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

height 1000mm; breadth 1345mm

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, bottom right)
‘Rafflesia’ (hand painted at bottom right)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart showing flower of Rafflesia, by H. Marshall Ward, English, late 19th to early 20th Century.

Watercolour in green, pink, red and salmon
Entire page is taken up with one flower, with five petals, and a strange red, spiky centre.
Title at bottom right.
Presentation sticker at bottom left.

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