Accession No

5648

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Woodsia sporangia, 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 657mm; height 987mm

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

‘Woodsia
Perriniana’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart, depicting Woodsia sporangia, by John Stevens Henslow, English, 1827-1861.

Diagrams depicting sporangia of the fern Woodsia perriniana.
Two diagrams, both drawn and in colour.
Inscription is stencilled below the diagram.
No other labels.
Reference numbers are in the top right and bottom right corners. (previous PS ref. was Q21)
Pencil notation in the bottom left corner records family “Polypodiaceæ” and “Dicksonieæ”, with an Arabic numeral “2”.

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