Accession No

4995

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing flowers and fruit of Ulex Eurppæus, by John Stevens Henslow, English, 1827-1861

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, John Stevens

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1827

Latest Date

1861

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

645m tall; 961mm wide

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Ulex Europæus’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Watercolours in green, yellow, and brown, showing the fruit and flowers of Ulex.
Left, a set of anthers, ‘unrolled’ into a strip.
Centre, flower unwrapped with petals and sepals shown individually, and the stigma with anthers shown to the lower left.
Title at bottom.

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