Accession No

5707

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting Mutisia flowers 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 968mm; height 670mm

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 Mutisia: flowers, tendrils etc.
There are four diagrams, all drawn and coloured.
The inscriptions are stencilled above and below the diagrams.
No other labels.
Reference numbers are in the bottom two corners. (Previous PS ref. was T13)

References

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