Accession No

5022

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting glandular hairs in three species (Cannabis indica, Humulus lupulus, and Cistus creticus), by Paul Parey, W. A. Meyn, Frank, and Tschirch, German, c. 1850-1967

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

Parey, Paul [publisher] Meyn, W. A. [lithographer] Frank [artist] Tschirch [artist]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

660mm tall; 828mm wide

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, in 06/2008. On loan from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, from 01/1994.

Inscription

‘Secretdrüsen.’ (title, top)
‘Verlag von Paul Parey in Berlin S.W., 10. Hedemannstr.’ (bottom centre)
‘W.A. Meyn, Lith. Inst. Berlin.’ (bottom right)
‘Pflanzenphysiologische Wandtafeln von Frank und Tschirch’ (Top left, outside frame)

Description Notes

Eleven printed line drawings, numbered, with some brown-yellow shading, all cell-level detail.
1-4 are of Cannabis indica. 1-3 run across top, and are basically circular. 4 occupies left side, and shows side view of bluge on top of a column of cells.
5a-g are of Humulus lupulus, and occupy the centre, and centre bottom, showing development frm a few cells to a large, almost acorn-shaped structure.
6 is of Cistus creticus, bottom right, and is a column with a bulge on top, though of a different form from that shown in 4.
The species names are given bottom left and bottom right.
Title at top, inside frame.
Top right, outside frame: ‘Taf. LX.’
Bottom centre, outside frame: ‘Verlag von Paul Parey in Berlin S.W., 10. Hedemannstr.’
Bottom right, outside frame: ‘W.A. Meyn, Lith. Inst. Berlin.’

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