Accession No

5003

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting the stem apex in Elodea, by L. Kny, German, 1850-1967

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

Kny, L. [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

677mm tall; 817mm 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

‘L. Kny ad .nat. del.’ (bottom left)
‘W.A. Meyn lith.’ t(bottom right)
‘Elodea’ (hand painted,bottom centre)
‘ Botanische Wandtafeln
von
L. KNY.
(Verlag von Wiegandt, Hempel & Parey in Berlin.)
Tafel XXX.’ (top right)

Description Notes

Two printed line diagrams showing the Elodea stem apex.
Left shows the surface view, with cells.
Right shows a cross-section with cells.
‘Elodea’ is hand painted at bottom centre.
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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