Accession No

5538

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting Zea Mays: root hairs and growing point, by L. Kny

Origin

Maker

Kny, L. [artist] Meyn, W. A. [lithographer]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 672mm; height 822mm

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

‘L. Kny ad nat del. Zea mais W.A.Meyn. lith.’ (across bottom)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Zea Mays: root hairs and growing point. Single diagram, printed. It is not in colour. It is labelled by letters across the top.
Inscription runs across the bottom. It is printed except for ‘Zea mais’, which is written. There is part of an inscription printed in the top right corner, but it has been obscured by a stuck on label bearing the reference number. Reference number also in the bottom right corner.

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