Accession No

5026

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting flower and fruit of Humulus, by Fr. Engleder, German, 1850-1967

Origin

Germany; Esslingen, near Stuttgart

Maker

Engleder, Fr. [artist] Schreiber, J. F. [publisher]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

790mm tall; 570mm 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

‘Gez. v. Fr. Engleder, München.’ (Bottom left)
‘Lith. J. F. Schreiber, Esslingen bei Stutt’ (bottom right)
‘Humulus’ (MS pencil, bottom left)
‘Humulus’ (MS blue pencil, reverse)
‘Henslow’ (MS blue pencil, reverse)

Description Notes

Nine printed colour diagrams in greens and yellows of the fruits and flowers of Humulus, labelled a to h. (including a1).
Main picture is a, in centre, shows upper part of plant, leaves, and ripe fruit.
a1 is bottom right, shows fruit.
b (top left) shows a twig of male flowers.
c (top left) shows a close-up of a male flower.
d (top right) shows a detail of female flowers.
e (centre left) shows a close-up of female flowers.
f (centre left) shows a “two-flowers” ‘Deckblatt’ from the inside.
g (bottom left) shows the outside of a fruit.
h (bottom left) shows the seed (?)

On reverse, centre, a label is stuck giving printer’s details, and a key to the diagrams overleaf. All script is Gothic font, except the Latin species name, which is Roman.
‘Engleders Wandtafeln für den naturkundlichen Unterricht. Pflanzenkunde. Humulus Lupulus. L. - Der Hopfen (?)
a. Ein Zweig mit reifen Fruchtzapfen. (Trollen)
a1. Ein Zapfen (Vergrössert)
b. Männliche Blütenrispe.
c. Eine Männliche Blüte (Vergrössert).
d. Ein Uft mit weibl. Blütenkätchen.
e. Ein weibl. Blütenkätchen. (Vergrössert).
f. Ein Zweiblütiges Deckblatt von Innen gesehen. (Vergrössert).
g. Eine Fruchtschuppe (Trollenblättchen) mit Frucht und Harzdrusen (Hopfenmehl). (Vergrössert).
h. Frucht mit Harzdrusen. (Vergrössert).
(a, b, und d naturl. Grösse)
Verlag von J. F. Schreiber in Esslingen bei Stuttgart
Lief. II.8’ (note that this transliteration may not be quite accurate, given the very Gothic font)

Poor condition.

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