Accession No

5504

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Angraecum sesquipedale, 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 370mm; height 516mm

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

‘Angraecum
sesquipidale’ (below diagrams)
‘(Natural size)
From Madagascar ‘ (bottom right corner)
‘

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Angraecum sesquipedale. There are three diagrams. Two are large and of the flower from different angles. These are on either side of the chart. The third diagram is of a part of Angraecum sesquipedale. This is in the centre in the lower half of the chart. All three diagrams are drawn and coloured. The inscription is written below the diagrams and in the bottom right corner. Below the inscription there is some penned notation. In the bottom right corner there is what appears to be a signature. Reference numbers are in the top right and centre right.

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