Accession No

5549

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting Secale cereale: trans. section showing root hair, by L. Kny, German

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

Kny, L. [artist] Meyn, W. A. [lithographer] Wiegandt, Hempel and Parey [publisher]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 820mm; height 680mm

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

‘Botanische Wandtafeln
von
L. KNY.
(Verlag von Wiegandt, Hempel & Parey in Berlin.)
Tafel XVIII’ (top right)
‘L. Kny ad.nat.del. Secale cereale W.A.Meyn lith.’ (across bottom)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart depicting Secale cereale: trans. section showing root hair, by L. Kny, German.

Diagram depicting Secale cereale: trans. section showing root hair. A single diagram, printed. It is partly coloured. The diagram is labelled down the right hand side by letters, to which there is no key.
The inscriptions are in the top right corner and across below the diagram. All the labels and inscriptions are printed, except ‘Secale cereale’, which is written.
Reference numbers are in the bottom right and bottom left corners.

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