Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8364
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Darnel and flote 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 Darnel (Lolium album) and flote grass (Gramen aquaticum cum longissima panicula) with flower details.
Transcription
Lolium album. Gramen Loliaccu spica longiore C.B.
Darnel
No. p.181.Ray
Gramen aquaticum cum longissma panicula 1B
Floste grasse Aquat fluitans multilici spica CB
no 4.p.186. Ray
Ric: Waller Pinx
6
Darnel
No. p.181.Ray
Gramen aquaticum cum longissma panicula 1B
Floste grasse Aquat fluitans multilici spica CB
no 4.p.186. Ray
Ric: Waller Pinx
6
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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