Accession No

4841

Brief Description

botanical wall chart showing germination and seedlings of Pinus, by Arthur Shrubbs, English, 19th to 20th century

Origin

Cambridge

Maker

Shrubbs, Arthur

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1922

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

breadth 985mm; height 1334mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘PINUS’ (bottom centre)
‘TOP’ (handwritten at top centre)

Description Notes

Watercolours in green, brown and red, showing different stages and views of the germination and growth of Pinus.
Centre, is a cross-section through the just-germinated seed, while above and to the right is an external view of the same seed.
Bottom right is a cross-section at a more developed stage - the green shoot is forming.
Large picture taking up left side shows whole plant view: roots and shoot have developed, seed has been raised up on shoot, and the remains of the seed coat are about to be shed.
Title at bottom centre.
Made of two distinct pieces of paper, mounted on the same backing cloth.
Ref number bottom right.

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