Accession No

5508

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Mantisia, 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 629mm; height 488mm

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

‘MANTISIA ORCHIS’ (below diagrams)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart, depicting Mantisia, by George Henslow, English, mid-19th Century to early 20th Century.

Diagrams depicting Mantisia. There are three diagrams, all drawn and coloured.
The inscription is stencilled below the diagrams.
Reference numbers are written in the bottom left and bottom right corners.

References

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