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    Image number: RS.21714
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    Hop

    Date
    1777
    Creator
    Johann Sebastian Müller (1710 - 1792, German) , Engraver
    Object type
    Library reference
    49775
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 462mm
    width (print): 310mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Botany
    Content object
    nature
       > plant
    Description
    Botanical illustration of Humulus lupulus or hop, native to Europe. Showing three stems, one in flower, one with hops and the other showing the binding shoot of the climbing plant. Further details of the male and female flowers in the lower right-hand corner and the dried fruit (hop) to the left.

    Plate to Illustratio systematis sexualis LINNAEI (an illustration of the sexual system of LINNAEUS) by Johannem Miller (London, 1777).

    Accompanying text ‘Classis XXII. Ordo V. DIOECIA PENTANDRIA, HUMULUS’

    John Miller also known as Johann Sebastian Mueller (1715-ca.1792) was a German engraver and botanist.
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