Accession No

5015

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing flowers of the Corylaceæ and Betulaceæ families, 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 agent]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1928

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth; metal (brass rings)

Dimensions

890m tall; 700mm 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.’ (top left)
‘Corylaceæ.’ (bottom left)
‘Betulaceæ.’ (bottom right)
‘O. Newmann & Co., London, W.’ (stamped bottom right)

Description Notes

Six printed colour diagrams of flowers and flower parts.
1. (bottom left) shows arrangement of anthers.
2. (top centre) shows close-up of anthers.
3. (centre) shows a female (?) flower bud.
4. (top left) shows a cut away flower, revealing the long pink stigmas.
5. (bottom right) shows the arrangement of the anthers.
6. (top right) shows the arrangement of the stigmas.
Each diagram has a scale marked by it.
Left centre is ‘1-4 Corylus Avellana L.’
Right centre is ‘5,6. Alnus glutinosa Gärtn.’
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).

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