Accession No

5715

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting Calluna vulgaris, 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 548mm; height 406mm

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

‘CALUNA VULGARIS’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Calluna vulgaris: habit. Six diagrams, labelled from ‘a’ to ‘f’. Printed in colour. Inscription is stencilled at the bottom. Reference number is in the bottom left and bottom right.

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