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    Image number: RS.21717
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    Fig

    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 Ficus carica or fig, native to the southern part of Europe and Asia. Showing a single branch bearing large dark green leaves along its length with ripe and unripe fruits emerging at the same junction as the leaves. Further details of the flowers and seeds and two cross sections of the ripe and unripe fruits to the lower left and lower right-hand side.

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

    Accompanying text ‘Classis XXIII. Ordo III. POLYGAMIA TRIOECIA, FICUS.’

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