Accession No

5496

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Fritillaria meleagris (snakeshead fritillary) plant, by John Stevens Henslow, English, 1840 (c)

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, John Stevens

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1827

Latest Date

1861

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 501mm; height 696mm

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

‘FRITILLARIA
MELEAGRIS’ (top left)

Description Notes

Diagram depicting whole plant and flowers of Fritillaria meleagris.
Diagram drawn and in colour.
The inscription is hand-lettered in the top left.
No other labels.
There is a pencil sketch in the bottom left.
The reference number is in the top right and also the bottom right corner. (Previous PS ref. was U12A)

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