Accession No

5138


Brief Description

botanical wallchart, Marchantia: archegoniophore and antheridiophore in section, by Dodel-Port


Origin


Maker

Dodel-Port


Class

natural history; prints


Earliest Date


Latest Date


Inscription Date


Material

cloth; paper


Dimensions

breadth 877mm; height 645mm


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

M a r c h a n t i a p o l y m o r p h a, L.
Arnold Dodel - Port ad nat. del. J.F. SCHRIEBER, ESSLING Edit


Description Notes

Botanical wallchart. Marchantia: archegoniophore and antheridiophore in section. Maker Dodel-Port.

Colour printed botanical teaching diagram in shades of green and brown. The diagram has 4 separate figures depicting sections through Marchantia polymorpha at the cellular level.

The figures are labelled 1 - 4 and each figure has several points marked on it by letters, numbers and abbreviations, however there is no key to deciphering these.

The incredibly fragile paper has been backed onto cloth for support.

Fair condition


References


Events

Description
Swiss husband and wife team Arnold and Carolina Dodel-Port created this illustration for their Dodel-Port Atlas, an atlas of botany for school students. Both botanists (Arnold at the University of Zurich), together they made many new discoveries about the plants they were studying. They wrote to Charles Darwin, who said that Carolina’s drawings showed information about plants in a 'wonderfully clear manner'.
19/08/2021
Created by: Morgan Bell on 19/08/2021


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