‘Polysiphonia nigrescens, Grev.’
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 Vertebrata fucoides Kuntze here styled Polysiphonia nigrescens Grev. of the Rhodomelaceae family. Depicts a single specimen at natural size with magnified details of antheridia, apex of a ramulus, with ceramidium, ramulus with tetraspores, part of the stem and transverse section of the same.
Plate XX 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 XX’ top right-hand corner and ‘Nature Printed by Henry Bradbury’ low left-hand corner. Titled ‘POLYSIPHONIA nigrescens, GREV.’
William Grosart Johnstone (ca.1770-1860) British botanist.
Alexander Croall (1809-1885) British botanist.
Henry Bradbury (1831-1860) British printer.
Plate XX 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 XX’ top right-hand corner and ‘Nature Printed by Henry Bradbury’ low left-hand corner. Titled ‘POLYSIPHONIA nigrescens, GREV.’
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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