Accession No

5494

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Catasetum, 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 630mm; height 493mm

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

‘Catasetum tridentatum’ (below diagrams)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Catasetum. Two diagrams, both of which are drawn and coloured. Inscription written in black, below the diagrams. Reference numbers in the bottom left and bottom right corners.

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