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Image number: RS.8363
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Fox tail grass
Date
1689
Creator
Richard Waller (1660 - 1715, British) , naturalist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 380mm
width (painting): 240mm
width (painting): 240mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical study of Common fox tail grass (Gramen phalaroides) and fox tail grass (Gramen alopecuri) with flower details.
Transcription
Gramen Phalaroides C B
Gramen Alopecuro: ides. maj. Ger.
The most common Foxtail Grasse
No.s.p182.Ray
Gramen Alopecuri num minus Ger.
Alopecuroides spica longa maj et min: Park
Typhoides spica angustio re C. B. Cum cauda
Muris purpurascente I B Lesser Bastaro
Fox-tail grasse intersegotes
No 3.p.182. Ray
Ric: Waller Pinx
5
Gramen Alopecuro: ides. maj. Ger.
The most common Foxtail Grasse
No.s.p182.Ray
Gramen Alopecuri num minus Ger.
Alopecuroides spica longa maj et min: Park
Typhoides spica angustio re C. B. Cum cauda
Muris purpurascente I B Lesser Bastaro
Fox-tail grasse intersegotes
No 3.p.182. Ray
Ric: Waller Pinx
5
Object history
From a series of watercolours of English grasses and wild flowers by Richard Waller (MS/131). The paintings were possibly intended as illustrations for a catalogue of plants by John Ray (1627-1705).
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