Accession No

4997

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing flowers and fruit of various plants from the Myrtaceae and Lecythideae families, by A. Peter, published by Fischer and Theodor, German, c. 1850-1928

Origin

Germany; Cassel [now Kassel] and Berlin

Maker

Peter, A [attributed artist] Fischer, Theodor [publisher] O. Newmann and Company [attributed agents]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1928

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth; metal (brass rings)

Dimensions

700m tall; 890mm wide

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Theodor Fischer in Cassel und Berlin’ (top right)
‘A. Peter 13.’ (top left)
‘Lecythideae’ (bottom right)
‘Myrtaceae’ (bottom left)
‘O. Newmann & Co., London, W.’ (stamped bottom right)

Description Notes

Six printed colour diagrams of fruit and flowers of members of Myrtaceae and Lecythideae.
1. Top left, flower of Myrtus communis L. with lots of anthers.
2. Bottom left, flower of Calothamnus quadrifidis R. Br.
3. Top centre, cross-section through flower of Carophyllus aromaticus L.
4. Bottom centre, cut away of fruit of Pimenta officinalis Berg
5. Top right, fruit of Eucalyptus cornuta Lab.
6. Bottom right, cut away fruit of Bertholletia nobilis Miers.
The diagrams are numbered and labelled with species names, also with scales.
The name of ‘Newmann’ seems to be ink stamped onto the printed chart.
Chart has brass reinforced holes at the corners (to allow it to be hung by string).
Good condition.

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