Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.21711
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Aquilegia
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 Polyandria pentagynia commonly known as aquilegia vulgaris or columbine, native to Europe, showing a flowering panicle with small pink nodding blooms. A further stem of leaves and details of the flower and seeds.
Plate to Illustratio systematis sexualis LINNAEI (an illustration of the sexual system of LINNAEUS) by Johannem Miller (London, 1777).
Accompanying text ‘Classis XIII. Ordo V. POLYANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. AQUILEGIA.’
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 XIII. Ordo V. POLYANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. AQUILEGIA.’
John Miller also known as Johann Sebastian Mueller (1715-ca.1792) was a German engraver and botanist.