Accession No

5497

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Colchicum bulb and flower, 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 599mm; height 777mm

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

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart, depicting Colchicum bulb and flower, by George Henslow, English, mid-19th Century to early 20th Century.

Diagrams depicting Colchicum: bulb and flower. There are twelve diagrams. They are Printed and in colour. The diagrams are labelled ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, ‘d1’, ‘d2’, ‘e1’, ‘e2’, ‘f’, ‘g’, ‘h’, ‘i1’, and ‘i2’. There is no key.
Pencil notation in the bottom left corner: ‘Colchichum’.
Reference numbers in the top right and both bottom corners.

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