‘Polysiphonia variegata, AG.’
Date
1859
Creator
Henry Bradbury (1831 - 1860, British) , Printmaker
Object type
Library reference
46291
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 240mm
width (print): 150mm
width (print): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Nature-printed study of the marine algae Carradoriella denudata Savoie & Saunders here styled Polysiphonia variegata AG. of the Rhodomelaceae family. Depicts a single specimen at natural size with magnified details of branchlet, capsule, branchlet with tetraspores, tetraspores, section of stem and cells of the surface of the stem.
Plate XIX from The nature-printed British sea-weeds: a history, accompanied by figures and dissections of the algae of the British Isles by William Grosart Johnstone, F.B.S.E and Alexander Croall, A.B.S.E. nature-printed by Henry Bradbury. Volume 1. Rhodospermeae.(Bradbury and Evans, London, 1859).
Inscribed ‘Plate XIX’ top right-hand corner and ‘Nature Printed by Henry Bradbury’ low left-hand corner. Titled ‘POLYSIPHONIA variegata, AG.’
William Grosart Johnstone (ca.1770-1860) British botanist.
Alexander Croall (1809-1885) British botanist.
Henry Bradbury (1831-1860) British printer.
Plate XIX from The nature-printed British sea-weeds: a history, accompanied by figures and dissections of the algae of the British Isles by William Grosart Johnstone, F.B.S.E and Alexander Croall, A.B.S.E. nature-printed by Henry Bradbury. Volume 1. Rhodospermeae.(Bradbury and Evans, London, 1859).
Inscribed ‘Plate XIX’ top right-hand corner and ‘Nature Printed by Henry Bradbury’ low left-hand corner. Titled ‘POLYSIPHONIA variegata, AG.’
William Grosart Johnstone (ca.1770-1860) British botanist.
Alexander Croall (1809-1885) British botanist.
Henry Bradbury (1831-1860) British printer.
Object history
Dedication to the late Mrs (Amelia) Griffiths of Torquay (1768-1858) amateur phycologist and beachcomber who was an important collector of marine algae specimens.
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