Accession No

5728

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting Digitalis purpurea, 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 550mm; height 728mm

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

‘DIGITALIS PURPUREA’ (top)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Digitalis purpurea. Eight diagrams, all printed in colour. They are labelled from ‘a’ to ‘h’. The inscription is stencilled above the diagrams. Reference numbers are in the top right and bottom right corners.

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