Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.21549
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Helianthus
Date
1777
Creator
Johann Sebastian Müller (1710 - 1792, German) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
49775
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 462mm
width (print): 310mm
width (print): 310mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical illustration of a sunflower, showing two flowering stems with leaves in front and back view with a dried seed head and various magnified details of the petals, stamen and pistillum.
Inscribed ‘J. Miller fact[?]’ lower left-hand corner.
Plate to Illustratio systematis sexualis LINNAEI (an illustration of the sexual system of LINNAEUS) by Johannem Miller (London, 1777).
John Miller also known as Johann Sebastian Mueller (1715-ca.1792) was a German engraver and botanist.
Inscribed ‘J. Miller fact[?]’ lower left-hand corner.
Plate to Illustratio systematis sexualis LINNAEI (an illustration of the sexual system of LINNAEUS) by Johannem Miller (London, 1777).
John Miller also known as Johann Sebastian Mueller (1715-ca.1792) was a German engraver and botanist.