Accession No

5016

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing flowers of Mirabilis, by John Stevens Henslow, English, 1827-1861

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, John Stevens

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1827

Latest Date

1861

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

970m tall; 652mm 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

‘Mirabilis’ (bottom centre)
‘Mirabilis Jalafia (?)’ (MS ink, under inset)
‘No 371’ (top right of inset)

Description Notes

Watercolour in green and purple at left, shows upper plant of Mirabilis.
Small printed colour picture of Mirabilis flowers (green and pink) is stuck onto the main chart in bottom centre, size 117mm wide by 187mm tall. Labelled by hand in bottom left corner.
Title across bottom.

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