Accession No

5050

Brief Description

Botanical wallchart, depicting Tmesipteris tannensis and sporangiphores.

Origin

Cambridge

Maker

Shrubbs. A

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1922

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

900mm tall; 685mm 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

‘Tmesipteris tannensis’ (bottom centre)

Description Notes

Watercolours in green and yellow showing Tmesipteris.
Left is a view of the upper plant.
Right is a view of a sporangiphore, with top centre, a cross-section of a sporangiphore.
Title at bottom, pencilled title just visible beneath inked stencilling.
Good condition.

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