Accession No

5713

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting Syringa vulgaris habit and flower, 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 534mm; height 750mm

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

‘SYRINGA VULGARIS’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Syringa vulgaris: habit and flower. Eleven diagrams, labelled from ‘a’ to ‘l’, missing out ‘j’. They are all printed in colour. Inscription is stencilled at the bottom of the chart. Reference numbers are at the top right and bottom right,

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