Accession No

5595

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting Botrydium and Protosiphon, by L. Kny and C. Müller, German

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

Kny, L. [artist] Müller, C. [artist] Laure [lithographer] Parey, Paul [publisher]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1860

Latest Date

1916

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 675mm; height 831mm

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 Paul Parey in Berlin.
Tafel XLVII.’ (top right)
‘C. Muller sec M. Woronin.del. BOTRYDIUM Lith.von Laue.’ (across bottom)
‘PROTOSIPHON’ (up the right hand side)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Botrydium and Protosiphon. There are six diagrams. They are all printed with parts coloured green. They are numbered from 1 to 6. There is a broken black line drawn on the chart. It separates diagrams 5 and 6 from the other four. The right hand section, ie diagrams 1 to 4, is labelled ‘BOTRYDIUM’, and the left hand section is labelled ‘PROTOSIPHON’.
The inscriptions are printed in the top right corner and across the bottom. ‘PROTOSIPHON’ is written up the right hand side. ‘BOTRYDIUM’ is written at the bottom.
Reference numbers in the bottom right and top right corners.

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