Accession No

4967

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting parts of Thea chinensis, by Friedrich Vieweg, C. Bollmann, and Hermann Zippel, German, 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)
‘Chinesischer Theestrauch (Thea chinesis Sims.). 2fache Grösse.’ (beneath diagrams)
‘Tenistroenaceæ (?)’ (pencil MS to right of species title)

Description Notes

Eight colour pictures on a black background (inside a white frame) of parts of the Thea.
Main picture is of upper part of plant ie stem, leaves, flowers, double lifesize.
It is surrounded by seven smaller pictures of parts of the flower and fruit.
1. (centre left) lifesize leaf; ‘Blatt in natürlicher Grösse.’
2. (bottom right) Assam tea leaf; ‘Assamesisches Theeblatt’
3. (top centre) calyx with style and stigma; ‘Kelch mit Pistill’
4. (top right) ovule with stigma, (calyx removed); ‘Fruchtknotem und Griffel mit dreispaltiger Narbe’
5. (centre right) anther; ‘Staubgefäss’
6. (top left) opened fruit; ‘Geöffnete Frucht’
7. (bottom left) seed, with part of the seed coat removed; ‘Same mit der Hälfte der Kernhülle’
On the surrounding white frame at top is ‘Ausländische Kulturpflanzen in farbigen Wandtafeln‘.
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 for numbered diagrams, in German
At top, on black ground, left ‘I. Abteilung.’, right ‘Tafel 2.’
Fair condition.

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