Accession No

4707

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing apex of Chara (an alga), by H. Marshall Ward, English, late 19th to early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Ward, H Marshall

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1890

Latest Date

1906

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 950mm; height 1335mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘CHARA’ (handpainted, bottom centre)
‘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)

Description Notes

Line drawing in black ink of the apex of Chara, with watercolour in green, pink, orange, blue and brown, showing different tissues.
Presentation label in top right.

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