Accession No

4990

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting parts of Gossypium herbaceum L. (cotton), by Friedrich Vieweg, C. Bollmann, and Zippel, Germany, c. 1900-1967

Origin

Germany; Braunschweig

Maker

Vieweg, Friedrich [publisher] Bollmann, C. [lithographer and artist] Zippel, Hermann [editor]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

690mm tall; 485mm wide

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Ausländische Kulturpflanzen in farbigen Wandtafeln‘ (top)
‘Verlag von friedrich vieweg & sohn, Braunschweig. Herausgegeben von hermann zippel, gezeichnet von carl bollmann. Lith art. Inst. von c. bollmann, Gera, Reussj.L.’ (beneath diagrams)
‘Krautige Baumwolle (Gossypium herbaceum L.).’ (beneath diagrams)

Description Notes

Seven colour pictures on a black background (inside a white frame) of parts of Gossypium.
Main diagram is a life size picture of the upper part of the plant ie stem, leaves, flowers.
Around it are four numbered diagrams:
1. (top left) The early flower bud (?). Three protective sepals peeled back to reveal the beginnings of a flower; ‘Blüte nach Entfernung der Blütenblätter’
2. (bottom right) close-up of stigma, which has lots of little nodules growing on it, which may be anthers; ‘Griffelsäule mit den Staubblättern’
3. (top right) A green oval (seed), surrounded by white fluffy stuff; ‘Samenkorn mit umgebender Wolle.’
4. (bottom left) almost ripe fruit; ‘Nahezu reife Frucht’
On the surrounding white frame at top is ‘Ausländische Kulturpflanzen in farbigen Wandtafeln‘.
At top, on black ground, left ‘I. Abteilung.’, right ‘Tafel 3.’
On the white at bottom: immediately under black are the artist’s and publisher’s details; the next line is the species title; bottom line is key to the numbered diagrams, in German.
Good condition.

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