Accession No

5452

Brief Description

Botanical wallchart, depicting Diageotropism, by Arthur Shrubbs, English, 1870-1922

Origin

Cambridge; England

Maker

Shrubbs, Arthur

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1922

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

breadth 1372mm; height 654mm

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

‘DIAGEOTROPISM’ (above diagrams)

Description Notes

Diagram depicting Diageotropism. Two diagrams, showing the growth of a plant in a level container, and that of a similar plant, but in a tilted container. Dotted orange lines across both diagrams are level with the ground. Diagrams are side by side. Both are drawn in black. The right hand one is partly shaded in orange.
Inscription is stencilled in black across the top of the chart.
Reference number in the bottom left corner.

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