Accession No

5724

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting Centranthus rubra, 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 654mm; height 982mm

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

‘Centranthus
Ruber’ (up left side)
‘Valerianeæ‘ (top)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Centranthus rubra.
Five diagrams, drawn in colour.
Inscriptions are up the left side and across the top.
No other labels.
Penned notation in the bottom right reads ‘Valeriana rubra’ and is signed ‘JS Henslow’.
Reference numbers are in the bottom right and top right corners. (Previous PS ref. was T5)

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