Accession No

4979

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting parts of Siphonia elastica L. F. (rubber tree), 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

695mm tall; 490mm 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)
‘Kautschukbaum (Siphonia elastica L. F.).’ (beneath diagrams)
‘Herea (Euphoibiaceæ)’ (pencil MS to right of printed species heading)

Description Notes

Six colour pictures on a black background (inside a white frame) of parts of Siphonia.
Main diagram is a life-size picture of the upper part of the plant ie stem, leaves, flowers.
Around it are five numbered diagrams, all bigger than life size:
1. (top right) external view of flowers; ‘Blütentraube’
2. (bottom right) female flower; ‘weibliche Blüte’
3. (bottom left) female flower with petals removed to reveal stigmas; ‘dieselbe ohne Blütenhülle’
4. (top centre) male flower with petals removed to reveal anthers; ‘männliche Blüte nach Entfernung der Blütenhülle’
5. (top right) cross-section through the ovule; ‘Querchdurchschnitt des Fruchtknotens’
On the surrounding white frame at top is ‘Ausländische Kulturpflanzen in farbigen Wandtafeln‘.
At top, on black ground, left ‘I. Abteilung.’, right ‘Tafel 19.’
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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