Accession No

5512

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Catasetum, 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 329mm; height 510mm

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

‘Monachanthus virid:
or Catasetum triden:’ (below diagrams)

Description Notes

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

Diagram depicting Catasetum. The diagram is drawn and coloured. The inscription gives two names for the plant. Below the inscription, which is written below the diagram, is a female symbol.
Reference numbers are in the top right and centre right.

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