Accession No

5714

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting Fraxinus excelsior 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 425mm; height 628mm

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

‘Fraxinus excelsioi.’ (top)
‘F. Ornus.’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Fraxinus excelsior: flower. Four diagrams, all drawn in colour. Reference numbers top and bottom right.
The inscriptions are stencilled across the top and bottom of the chart.

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