Accession No

4728

Brief Description

botanical wall chart showing interseptal glands of Kniphofia, by H. A. Chapman and Arthur Shrubbs, English, 19th to 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Chapman, H. A. Shrubbs, Arthur

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1922

Inscription Date

Material

cloth (waterproofed?)

Dimensions

breadth 939mm; height 1370mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘kniphofia’ (bottom)
‘H. A. Chapman
fecit’ (handpainted at top left, upside down)

Description Notes

Two black ink line drawings of Kniphofia.
Bottom is transverse section, at tissue level, through an organ.
Top is cell-level cross-section through same organ.
Title at bottom, signature top left, upside down.
In fair condition, but very fragile, ‘cos of the type of cloth.
Ref number on reverse.

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