Botanical specimens, 'druid beads'
Date
1713
Creator
Michael Vandergucht (1660 - 1725, Flemish) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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Description
Nine figures from issue 337 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figures 1-2. Plant specimens, referred to in the associated text as Astropodium, possibly from the modern day Anthropodium genus.
Figure 3. Water primrose, Ludwigia hexapetala, referred to here as Hexapetalon carbonarium.
Figure 4. Unidentified plant specimen, referred to here as Radiatula.
Figure 5. Hart’s tongue fern specimen, Phyllitis scolopendrium, referred to here as Philitis trifolia.
Figure 6. Ground pine specimen, Lycopodium, referred to here as Lycopodij.
Figures 7-9. 'Druid beads', adorned with painted depictions of various snakes.
Illustrations to ‘IX. Extracts of several letters from Mr. Edward Lhwyd, (M. A.) late keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, to Dr. Rich. Richardson, (M. D.) of North Bierly in Yorkshire; containing observations in natural history and antiquities, made in his travels thro' Wales and Scotland. Communicated by Dr. Hans Sloane, R. S. Secr’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 28, issue 337 (1713).
Inscribed in bottom right hand corner: ‘M: V dr: Gucht Sculp’, possibly in reference to Michael Vandergucht (1660-1725), a Flemish engraver who worked for most of his career in England.
Edward Lhuyd (1660-1709), British naturalist and philologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1708.
Figures 1-2. Plant specimens, referred to in the associated text as Astropodium, possibly from the modern day Anthropodium genus.
Figure 3. Water primrose, Ludwigia hexapetala, referred to here as Hexapetalon carbonarium.
Figure 4. Unidentified plant specimen, referred to here as Radiatula.
Figure 5. Hart’s tongue fern specimen, Phyllitis scolopendrium, referred to here as Philitis trifolia.
Figure 6. Ground pine specimen, Lycopodium, referred to here as Lycopodij.
Figures 7-9. 'Druid beads', adorned with painted depictions of various snakes.
Illustrations to ‘IX. Extracts of several letters from Mr. Edward Lhwyd, (M. A.) late keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, to Dr. Rich. Richardson, (M. D.) of North Bierly in Yorkshire; containing observations in natural history and antiquities, made in his travels thro' Wales and Scotland. Communicated by Dr. Hans Sloane, R. S. Secr’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 28, issue 337 (1713).
Inscribed in bottom right hand corner: ‘M: V dr: Gucht Sculp’, possibly in reference to Michael Vandergucht (1660-1725), a Flemish engraver who worked for most of his career in England.
Edward Lhuyd (1660-1709), British naturalist and philologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1708.
Related fellows
Edward Lhuyd (1660 - 1709, British) , Naturalist and Antiquary, Naturalist
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