Accession No

5487

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Orchis mascula, by George Henslow, English, mid-19th Century to early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, George

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

breadth 599mm; height 802mm

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

‘...GLEDER, MUNCHEN. LITH. J. F. SCHREIBER, ESSLINGEN’ (across bottom. First part is missing because the left corner has been ripped off)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart, depicting Orchis mascula, by George Henslow, English, mid-19th Century to early 20th Century.

Diagrams depicting Orchis mascula. Nine diagrams, all printed and coloured. They are labelled from ‘a’ to ‘i’. They depict various parts of Orchis mascula.
Inscription runs across the bottom, although the left corner is missing so some has been lost.
Reference numbers in the bottom right and top right corners.
Blank label stuck in the bottom right corner.
The chart is heavily taped on the reverse.

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