Accession No

5692

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting Primrose rhizome, 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 975mm; height 651mm

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

‘Primrose’ (top left)
‘JS Henslow’ (bottom left)

Description Notes

Diagram depicting Primrose rhizome.
A single diagram, drawn in colour. The inscription is stencilled in the top left.
No other labels.
There is a penned notation in the bottom left corner, reading ‘Primrose’ which is signed ‘JS Henslow’.
Reference number is in the bottom left (previous PS ref. was A20).

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