Accession No

4994

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing flowers and fruit of Erythrina lithosperma, by Arthur Shrubbs, English, late 19th Century to early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Shrubbs, Arthur

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1922

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

1040m tall; 675mm wide

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Erythrina
lithosperma’ (bottom)
‘From a photograph taken at Peradening (?)
by M. (?) C. Patter**** *sq.
drawn by A. Shrubbs’ (ink MS, bottom left. Damage to paper makes it impossible to read name of photographer)

Description Notes

Watercolours in green, red, yellow, and blue, showing the fruit and flowers of Erythrina.
Main picture is top right, showing upper plant, with leaves, flowers, etc.
Top left, are the two halves of the seed pod, showing seeds inside.
Centre left, a seed.
Bottom left, some whole seed pods.
Bottom right, a cross-section through the flower (?).
No labels.
Title at bottom.
Fair condition.

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