Accession No

5004

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting the stem apex in Hippuris, 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

680mm tall; 825mm 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)
‘Hippuris’ (hand painted,bottom centre)
‘ Botanische Wandtafeln
von
L. KNY.
(Verlag von Wiegandt, Hempel & Parey in Berlin.)
Tafel XXIX.’ (top right)

Description Notes

Printed line diagrams showing the Hippuris stem apex, in cross-section.
Parts are labelled ‘a’ to ‘f’ - no key.
‘Hippuris’ 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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