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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