Red grape mould
Date
1764
Creator
Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt (1733 - 1796, German) , Engraver
After
Martin Frobene Ledermuller (1719 - 1769, German) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
48660
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 245mm
width (print): 195mm
width (print): 195mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Study of mould found on red grapes viewed by microscope under magnification.
Plate 2 from Amusement microscopique, tant pour l'esprit que pour les yeux, contenant... estampes... d'apres nature...by Martin Frobene Ledermuller, plates volume (Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, Nuremburg, 1764).
Inscribed above: ‘TAB.II.’ Inscribed below: ‘M.F.Lederm. del. A.W.W. exc. Norib.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table II. Du Moisi des Raisins rouge.’ The author relates how observed the specimen from a trellis of mouldy red grapes hanging outside his window during the month of November.
Martin Frobene [Frobenius] Ledermuller (1719-1769) German naturalist was employed in various capacities as a notary, turning to microscope studies after an illness induced temporary deafness.
Plate 2 from Amusement microscopique, tant pour l'esprit que pour les yeux, contenant... estampes... d'apres nature...by Martin Frobene Ledermuller, plates volume (Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, Nuremburg, 1764).
Inscribed above: ‘TAB.II.’ Inscribed below: ‘M.F.Lederm. del. A.W.W. exc. Norib.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table II. Du Moisi des Raisins rouge.’ The author relates how observed the specimen from a trellis of mouldy red grapes hanging outside his window during the month of November.
Martin Frobene [Frobenius] Ledermuller (1719-1769) German naturalist was employed in various capacities as a notary, turning to microscope studies after an illness induced temporary deafness.
Associated place
Credit
©The Royal Society
Image number
RS.11798