Accession No

5495

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Avers sativa, 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 591mm; height 806mm

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

‘GEZ. V. FR. ENCLEDER. MUNCHEN. LITH. J. F. SCHREIBER, ESSLINGEN BEI STUTTGART.’ (across bottom)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Avers sativa. Nine diagrams. All are printed and in colour. They are labelled from ‘a’ to ‘i’. There is no key.
Inscription is printed across below the diagrams.
Pencil notation: ‘Avera sativa’, in the bottom left corner.
Reference numbers in the bottom right and top right corners.
Small hole in the bottom right corner.

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