Accession No

5486

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Nardus, 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

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 975mm; height 667mm

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

‘Nardus’ (bottom left)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart, depicting Nardus, by John Stevens Henslow, English, 1827-1861.

Diagrams depicting flowers of the monocot Nardus.
Six diagrams, including floral diagram (top centre).
All the diagrams are in colour.
Inscription stencilled below the diagrams.
No other labels.
Reference numbers in the bottom right and bottom left corners. (Previous PS ref. was U31)

References

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