Accession No

5603

Brief Description

botanical teaching diagram depicting Hydrodictyon: swarmers and young polyhedra, by Frederick Frost Blackman, English, early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Blackman, Frederick Frost

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1904

Latest Date

1936

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 1010mm; height 674mm

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

‘Hydrodictyon’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Hydrodictyon: swarmers and young polyhedra. There are ten diagrams, all drawn and partly coloured in green. They depict a progression. The inscription is written below the diagrams. Reference numbers are in the bottom left and bottom right corners.

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