Accession No

5435

Brief Description

botanical teaching diagram, depicting the distribution of Arctic plants (from map by Sir J. D. Hooker), by Arthur Shrubbs, English, late 19th to early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Shrubbs, Arthur

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1922

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 816mm; height 1195mm

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

‘ From
J.D.Hooker’s ... of
Arctic ...
Trans Linn ...
XXII.25 ‘ (bottom right, not fully legible)

Description Notes

Map depicting the distribution of Arctic Plants (Sir J.D. Hooker). Two colours used: blue for arctic areas, brown for other areas. Numerous isotherms marked in black. There is no scale marked. Countries are labelled in black, stencilled.
Inscription in the bottom right corner. It is written and is not fully legible due to slight damage to the chart.
Reference numbers in the top and bottom right corners.

References

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