Accession No

5034

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting flowers in members of the Labiatae family, 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 and printer] O. Newmann and Company [attributed agent]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1928

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper; metal (brass)

Dimensions

700mm tall; 895mm 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, 14.’ (top left)
‘Labiatae.’ (bottom left)
‘O. Newmann & Co., London, W.’ (stamped bottom right)

Description Notes

Five printed colour diagrams of flowers and flower parts, in the Labiatae.
1. and 2. (top left and right) show cut-away of a flower of Salvia Sclarea L. In the right diagram, an insect comes to the nectary, and, pushing past the base of the anther filament, triggers the anther to drop pollen on the insect’s back
3. (bottom right) shows the flower of Salvia glutinosa L.
4. and 5. (bottom left and centre) show the flower of Lamium maculatum L. 4. is the flower in cut-away, while 5. is the whole flower.
Each diagram has a scale marked by it, as well as being numbered, and given its species name.
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).
Fair condition.

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