Accession No

4975

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing fruit of Morus, by George Henslow, English, mid-19th Century to early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, George

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth (tape)

Dimensions

510mm tall; 690mm wide

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘MORUS’ (bottom)
‘ARTOCARPEÆ’ (top. Scored out in pencil)
‘Henslow’ (reverse. Handwritten in blue pencil)

Description Notes

Watercolour (?) in green and purple showing different views of fruit of Morus.
Centre is bunch of purple grape-like fruit.
Top right is section through a purple fruit, revealing the seed.
Two diagrams in bottom right are cross-sections through the seed (?) revealing the embryo.
Left are two sections (longitundinal at top, transverse at bottom) through a green ovoid with leaves on top - the immature fruit?
Heading ‘Artocarpeæ’ at top is crossed out in pencil.
Both headings are in black stencilled capitals.
Fair condition.

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