Accession No

5490

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Ophrys apifera, 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

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 446mm; height 660mm

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

‘Ophrys apifera’ (below diagrams)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart, depicting Ophrys apifera, by George Henslow, English, mid-19th Century to early 20th Century.
Diagrams depicting Ophrys apifera. Three diagrams, all of which are coloured. Most of the top diagram is drawn on a separate bit of paper which has been stuck on to the main section.
Inscription stencilled in black in the bottom right corner.
Reference numbers in the top right and bottom right corners.

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