Accession No

5031

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting flowers of Glechoma Hederacea, attributed to George Henslow, English, mid-19th Century to early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, George [attributed]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1827

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

645mm tall; 930mm 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

‘Labiatæ’ (top centre)
‘Glechom a Hed eracea’ (bottom)
‘Glechoma ****era
Grow***g
J ***nsl***’ (MS ink, bottom centre, obscured by later title - closely resembles labels by JS Henslow)

Description Notes

Two watercolours, in green, grey and yellow, of flowers of Glechoma.
Left is the whole flower, viewed from the side.
Right is the flower from the same angle, but with its petals rolled back so that anthers and stigma can be seen.
Family title at top, species at bottom.
Handwritten label has been obscured by the stencilled labels added later.
No other labels.

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