Accession No

5309

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing flowers of Cheiranthus Cheiri, by John Stevens Henslow, English, 1827-1861

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, John Stevens

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1827

Latest Date

1861

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

breadth 633mm; height 976mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge from 06/2008. On loan from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge from 01/1994.

Inscription

“Cruciferæ” (top centre)
“Cheiranthus Cheiri” (bottom left)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart showing flowers of Cheiranthus Cheiri.
Three diagrams, all in colour.
Inscriptions are stencilled vertically at bottom left and horizontally at top centre.
No other labels.
Reference numbers at top and bottom right corners. (Unchanged PS ref.)
Ink inscription bottom centre appears to be in Henslow’s handwriting. It reads “Cheiranthus Cheiri Hooker Flora L[torn]d”. (This is presumably a reference to William Curtis’ ‘Flora Londinensis’; the five volume, 1828 edition included two vols, 4 & 5, that were revised by Sir William Jackson Hooker.)

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