Accession No

5075

Brief Description

Botanical wallchart. Polysiphonia violacea - tetrasporangia. Maker Newham.

Origin

Maker

Newham, G. B. 'Herbert'

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1919

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 625mm; height 915mm

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

Polysiphonia violacea

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart. Polysiphonia violacea - tetrasporangia. Maker Newham.

Hand painted botanical teaching diagram of polysiphonia violacea, common red algae in greyscale. The diagram clearly shows the tetrasporangia (round balls) inside the structure of the branch.

Paper backed onto cloth

Good condition.

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