Accession No

5615

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Pleodorina californica and P. illinoisensis, by Arthur Shrubbs, English, late 19th to early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Shrubbs, Arthur

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1922

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 1355mm; height 759mm

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

‘PLEODORINA
CALIFORNICA’ (bottom left)
‘P.ILLINOISENSIS’ (top right)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Pleodorina californica and P. illinoisensis. Eleven diagrams, all drawn. All have parts in green. Three are labelled with times. The diagram in the top right corner is separated off by a broken black line. This indicates that this diagram depicts ‘P.ILLINOISENSIS’, while the others represent ‘PLEODORINA CALIFORNICA’. There is a red arrow in the top left corner, and another below the diagram in the top right corner. Inscriptions are in the top right and bottom left corners. Reference number is in the bottom left corner.

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