Accession No

5489

Brief Description

Botanical wallchart, depicting Orchis and Cypripedium.

Origin

Maker

Kohl

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 836mm; height 1154mm

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

‘Bot. Wandtafeln von F.G. Kohl: Serie III. Orchidaceae. Orchis militaris L.(2).’ (across top)
‘I. -VIII. Orchis militaris L.IX. Cypripedium.
Verlag von Gebr. Gotthelft, Kassel. Hof-Buch-u.Steindruckerei’ (below diagrams)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Orchis and Cypripedium. Nine diagrams. Diagrams are printed. None are in colour. The diagrams are numbered from ‘I’ to ‘IX’. This is explained in the inscription below the diagrams. Thus ‘I’ to ‘VIII’ portray Orchis militaris, and ‘IX’ portrays Cypripedium.
Inscriptions are printed across the top and below the diagrams.
Reference number is in the bottom right corner.

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