Accession No

5706

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting Leontodon taraxicum pappus, etc., 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 980mm; height 657mm

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

‘II LABIATIFLORÆ’ (top)
‘Mutisia’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Leontodon taraxicum: pappus, etc.
There are ten diagrams depicting various parts of Leontodon taraxacum.
They are all drawn and coloured.
The inscription is stencilled above and below the diagrams.
No other labels.
Reference numbers are in the bottom left and bottom right. (Previous PS ref. was T11)

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