Accession No

6196

Brief Description

set of 6 botanical teaching diagrams (one mycological), formerly used in Downing College Cambridge, late 19th century

Origin

Cambridge, England

Maker

Unknown

Class

natural history; demonstration; natural history

Earliest Date

1860

Latest Date

1890

Inscription Date

Material

cloth-backed paper; string

Dimensions

w: 550mm; l: 715mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from a private individual, on or before 20/11/2007. Purchased by the individual from the Antique Centre, Mill Road, Cambridge, CB1 3NF. The dealer at that shop explained that the diagrams had been removed from Downing College by an academic after they had fallen out of use in the 1960s.

Inscription

Description Notes

Set of 6 botanical teaching diagrams, formerly used in Downing College Cambridge, late 19th century.

6196.1, set number 23: “1. Cucumis Melo.”
6196.2, set number 52: “1. Rumex Patientia. 2. Rheum Palmatum. 3. Polygonum bistorta.”
6196.3, set number 54: “1. Euphorbia lathyris. 2 Ricinus communis. 3. Buxus sempervirens. 4. Mercurialis perennis.”
6196.4, set number 66: “1. Asparagus officinalis. 2. Polygonatum uniflorum. 3. Convallaria majalis. 4. Ruscus aculeatus.”
6196.5, set number 67: ”1. Lilium candidum. 2. Scilla nutans. 3. Muscari.”
6196.6, set number 76 (mycological): “1. Agaricus campestris. 2. Amanita pseudo-aurantiaca. 3. Amanita aurantiaca. 4. Boletus edulis. 5. Boletus luridus. 6. Polyporus versicolor.”

All in very good condition (6196.2 is considerably yellowed; 6196.5 is torn at the top-left corner).

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