Accession No

5694

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting Datura stramonium, by George Henslow, English, mid-19th Century to early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, George

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1858

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 568mm; height 731mm

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

‘DATURA STRAMONIUM’ (top)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Datura stramonium. Seven diagrams. All are printed in colour. They are lettered from a to g. The inscription is stencilled at the top of the chart. There is a label stuck in the top right corner. Reference numbers are in the top right and bottom right corners.

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