Sneezewort and common yarrow
Date
1689-1713
Creator
Richard Waller (1660 - 1715, British) , Naturalist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p32
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 380mm
width (page): 240mm
width (page): 240mm
Subject
Description
Botanical study of sneezewort (Ptarmica vulgaris) and common yarrow (Millefolium vulgaris). Signed ‘Ric: Waller pinx[it]’ (Richard Waller painted this). Unlike on his other drawings, Waller did not record the reference to John Ray’s Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Britannicarum (London, 1690), though these are listed on p. 56.
Transcription
41. Ptarmica Ger. Vulgaris Park.
Sneeze wort.
42. Mille folium vulg. Park.
Common Yarrow.
Ric: Waller pinx.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Sneeze wort.
42. Mille folium vulg. Park.
Common Yarrow.
Ric: Waller pinx.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
Richard Waller’s signed watercolour study of English grasses, made between 1689 and 1713. For further details, see the description at MS/131/004.
Related fellows
Richard Waller (1660 - 1715, British) , Naturalist