Accession No

5699

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting Gentiana lutea, 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

paper

Dimensions

breadth 572mm; height 793mm

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

‘GENTIANA LUTEA’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Gentiana Lutea. Eight diagrams, all printed in colour. They are labelled from ‘a’ to ‘h’. The inscription is stencilled below the diagrams.
Reference numbers are in the top rigt and bottom right corners.

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