Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8365
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Meadow tall rye grass, spiked hedge oat grass and vernal 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 meadow tall rye grass (Gramen secalinum), spiked hedge oat grass (Gramen avenaceu dumatoru) and vernal grass with a loose spike (Gramen vernum spica brevi laxa). With flower details.
Transcription
2.p.180
Gramen secalinum Ger l.i.c.22.no 4
Meadow tall rye grasse
Gram: spica secalina CB
p.181 Ray
Gramen Avenaceu Dumestoru
Spicatim Festuca Graminea nemor latif:moll: CB
Spiked Hedge Oate=grasse
Gram: verum spica brevi laxa Ray p.183
spicatum pratense III seu spica flavescente. CB
Vernal grass with a loose spike
Ric: Waller Pinx
7
Gramen secalinum Ger l.i.c.22.no 4
Meadow tall rye grasse
Gram: spica secalina CB
p.181 Ray
Gramen Avenaceu Dumestoru
Spicatim Festuca Graminea nemor latif:moll: CB
Spiked Hedge Oate=grasse
Gram: verum spica brevi laxa Ray p.183
spicatum pratense III seu spica flavescente. CB
Vernal grass with a loose spike
Ric: Waller Pinx
7
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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