Accession No

5029

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting flowers and fruit of Euphorbia cyparissias, 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

800mm tall; 600mm 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 Stuttgart.’ (bottom right)
‘Euphorbia’ (MS blue pencil, reverse, at top)
‘Euphorbia’ (MS blue pencil, reverse, centre - different hand)
‘Henslow’ (MS blue crayon, reverse)

Description Notes

Eight printed colour diagrams, mostly greens and yellows, showing flowers and fruit of Euphorbia cyparissias.
Label with captions for the lettered diagrams is stuck at bottom left - this is a trimmed version of the maker’s label which appears on other Schreiber - Engleder charts, since only the species name and the key has been retained (losing the chart series details, and the makers details.)
Label heading is ‘Euphorbia Cyparissias. Enpressen-Wolfsmith’ (Latin name in Roman font, rest in Gothic)
A. (right) whole plant, from roots to leaves, with flowers; ‘Blühende Pflanze’
B. (top left) upper plant, bearing fruit; ‘Fruchttragendes Stämmchen’
a. (centre) flowers; ‘Einzelner gegabelter Doldenstrahl’
b. (top centre) close-up of a flower, showing large stigma emerging well out of the petals; ‘Einzelne “Blüte” (blütenähnlicher Blütenstand)’
c. (bottom right) ‘exploded view’ of a flower; ‘Dieselbe der Länge nach durchschnitten’
d. (left centre) longitudinal section through the fruit; ‘Frucht nach Ablösung eines der drei Fächer (“Knopfes”)’
e. (left centre) cross-section through the fruit; ‘Querdurchschnittene Frucht’
f. (bottom centre) seed
Poor condition.

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