Botany study cards , early 19th century
- Title(s):
- Botany study cards : manuscript.
- Published/Created:
- Great Britain, early 19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 22 cards : watercolors ; 12 x 8 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsQK306 .B683 FlatYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16369659
- Classification:
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Notes:
- Housed in a green paper-covered slipcase, with embossed gold border.
Each of the 22 cards includes a watercolor drawing at top and text written in black ink at bottom (rectos only). The first reads: “Botany is a science which treats of vegetables & plants. Divided into classes, orders, genera, species, & varieties.” The cards summarize botanical details of plants and flowers and their components, for example: "The pistil consists of three parts, 1 The Germen. 2 The Style. 3 The Stigma.” Other cards outline the Linnaean system of taxonomy, or define leaf shapes, fruit stalks, etc. - Subject Terms:
- Botany -- Study and teaching.Education -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
- Form/Genre:
- Watercolors.
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