Accession No

5014

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing flowers of Polygonum, by A. Peter and Theodor Fischer, 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; 895mm 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

‘Theodor Fischer in Cassel und Berlin’ (top right)
‘A. Peter, Taf. 20..’ (top left)
‘Polygonaceæ’ (bottom left)
‘O. Newmann & Co., London, W.’ (stamped bottom right)

Description Notes

Four printed colour diagrams of flowers of Polygonum.
1. (bottom left) shows the flowers and leaves.
2. (top right) shows one form of the flower, with anthers shorter than stigmas.
3. (bottom right) shows a second flower, with anthers longer than stigmas.
4. (top left) shows a cross-section through something roughly triangular, with red tips.
Each diagram has a scale marked by it.
By 1 is ‘Polygonum Persicaria L.’
At top centre is ‘2,3,4. Fagopyrum esculentum Mnch.’
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).
Fair condition.

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