Accession No

5151

Brief Description

Encalypta

Origin

Maker

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

breadth 655mm; height 981mm

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

Encalypta

Description Notes

Encalypta

Colour handpainted botanical teaching diagram of encalypta, a moss species. The wallchart consists of 3 diagrams showing the reproductive organs of the moss at different levels of magnification.

The paper has been backed onto cloth for support.

The diagram has been signed in the bottom left hand corner of the chart.

Good condition.

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