Accession No

5643

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Ophioglossum, Scolopendrium, etc. fertile leaf, by John Stevens Henslow, English, 1827-1861

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, John Stevens

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1827

Latest Date

1861

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 652mm; height 980mm

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

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting the ferns Ophioglossum, Scolopendrium, etc. showing fertile leaves.
Three diagrams, all in colour.
Diagrams are numbered and lettered. Each species is numbered (1’, ‘2’ and ‘3’) and species ‘1’ has structures marked ‘a’ and ‘b’, while ‘2’ has no letters and ‘3’ has ‘a’ and ‘b’.
Reference numbers in the bottom right and top right corners. (Previous PS ref. was Q29)

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