Accession No

5493

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Orchis pyramidalis, 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; paper (newsprint)

Dimensions

breadth 438mm; height 567mm

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

‘A. Front view of Orchid
Pyramidalis ’ (first page, top right)
‘Side view of Orchid Pyramidalis ‘ (second page, right)
‘Head and proboscis of
Acoutia ... with 6 hair
pollinia, of Orchis Pyramidales,
ttached to the probisuc ‘ (fourth page, bottom)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Orchis Pyramidales. Four pages, joined together at the top. They are all backed by newsprint.
On the first page there is a diagram of a front view of Orchid Pyramidales. The diagram is drawn and fully coloured. Structures on the diagram are labelled ‘l’’, ‘r’, ‘s’, ‘l’ and ‘a’. There is a key beneath the inscription. The inscription is in the top right corner. All the labelling and the inscription are written. Reference numbers are in the top right and centre right. In the bottom right corner there is a ‘V’.
On the second page there is a side view of Orchid Pyramidales. The diagram is again drawn and in colour. Structures on the diagram are labelled ‘l’, ‘l’’, ‘a’, ‘r’, and ‘n’. There is a key below the inscription. The inscription is to the right of the diagram. Labelling, inscription and key are all written.
On the third page there are two diagrams. They are drawn and coloured. The top one is labelled ‘A’, and the bottom one is labelled ‘B’. There is a key to this to the right of the diagrams, but some of it has been cut off. Again this was written. There is a ‘VII’ in the bottom right corner.
On the fourth page there is a diagram of a part of Orchid Pyramidales. It is drawn and in colour. An inscription is written sideways in the bottom right, but some of it has been lost.

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