Accession No

4943

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing leaves of Nymphaea alba, and Lemna obscura, by S. Dalton, English, 1850-1967

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Dalton, S.

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 1010mm; height 1680mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘NYMPHAEA ALBA’ (top left)
‘LEMNA OBSCURA’ (bottom right)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart showing leaves of Nymphaea alba, and Lemna obscura, by S. Dalton, English, 1850-1967.
Black ink line drawings of parts of leaves in two species.
Top left is a representation of the whole plant of Nymphaea, and top right is a transverse section through a leaf (‘T.S. Lamina’).
Bottom left is a representation of a part of Lemma - four overlapping circles with two stalks downwards. Bottom right is a section through a thallus of Lemna (‘T.S. ‘Thallus’’).

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