Accession No
5154
Brief Description
botanical teaching diagram, Cydonia vulgaris flower and fruit, by Arnold Dodel-Port, German, late 19th Century
Origin
Germany
Maker
Dodel-Port, Arnold
Class
natural history; prints
Earliest Date
Latest Date
Inscription Date
Material
paper; cloth
Dimensions
breadth 867mm; height 629mm
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
Cydonia vulgaris. Pers.
Description Notes
Cydonia vulgaris: flower and fruit. maker Dodel-Port
Colour printed botanical teaching diagram depicting Cydonia vulgaris, the species name previously assigned to the quince. The wallchart contains 6 diagrams of both the fruit and flower. Two central diagrams (figure 2 and figure 3) depict the flower, fig. 2 showing the whole flower with pollination by a bee, and figure 3 depicting a cross section through the flower. Figure 1 shows a branch of the plant laden with flowers whilst figure 4 shows the quince fruit. Figure 5 shows a cross section through the fruit along the vertical plane, whilst figure 6 shows a horizontal cross section through the same fruit.
The fragile paper has been backed onto cloth for support.
Good/fair condition.
References
Events
Description
Swiss husband and wife team Arnold (1843-1908) and Carolina (b. 1856) Dodel-Port created this illustration for their Dodel-Port Atlas, an atlas of botany for school students. Both the Dodel-Ports were botanists (Arnold at the University of Zurich), and 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'.
This wall chart comes from the book Atlas der Botanik, published in 1878, which includes many of the works we see at the Whipple Museum. Though it was a joint publication, some of the works were signed by one person. This work was signed by Arnold Dodel-Port.
03/04/2023
Created by: Guey-Mei Hsu on 03/04/2023
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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