Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.21710
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African crane’s bill
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 Geranium inquinans or African crane’s-bill, native to South Africa, showing a flowering stem with clusters of pink blooms. Further details of the flowers and seed below.
Plate to Illustratio systematis sexualis LINNAEI (an illustration of the sexual system of LINNAEUS) by Johannem Miller (London, 1777).
Accompanying text ‘Classis XVI. Ordo II. MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA, GERANIUM.’
John Miller also known as Johann Sebastian Mueller (1715-ca.1792) was a German engraver and botanist.
Plate to Illustratio systematis sexualis LINNAEI (an illustration of the sexual system of LINNAEUS) by Johannem Miller (London, 1777).
Accompanying text ‘Classis XVI. Ordo II. MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA, GERANIUM.’
John Miller also known as Johann Sebastian Mueller (1715-ca.1792) was a German engraver and botanist.