Accession No

4998

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting three forms of flowers of Lythrum salicaria, by L. Kny and C. Müller, German, 1850-1967

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

Kny, L. [artist] Müller, C. [artist] Meyn, W. A. [lithographer] Wiegandt, Hempel and Parey [publisher]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

827mm tall; 678mm wide

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘L. Kny et C. Müller ad .nat. del.’ (bottom left)
‘W.A. Meyn lith.’ (bottom right)
‘Botanische Wandtafeln von L. KNY, (Verlag von Wiegandt, Hempel & Parey in Berlin.) Tafel XL.’ (top right)

Description Notes

Printed colour diagrams, showing three forms of flower.
Top has stigma sticking out, with two sets of anthers, both shorter than stigma.
Middle has some tall anthers, some short ones, and a stigma in between.
Bottom has both sets of anthers above stigma.
Top right, to left of printed heading: embossed impression of coat of arms, surmounted with eagle, bearing motto ‘coll. christi cant’
Good condition.

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