Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8366
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Cat’s 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 cat’s tail grass (Gramen typhinum, majus and minus), with flower details.
Transcription
No.s.p.183 Ray
Gramen Typhinum. Cats=tail grasse
Gram: Typhiodes asperum primum CB
Culmo Bipedali aut altius
folys et spicis asperis squamulis
spicas componentibus bicornibus
Ric: Waller Pinx
8
Gramen Typhinum. Cats=tail grasse
Gram: Typhiodes asperum primum CB
Culmo Bipedali aut altius
folys et spicis asperis squamulis
spicas componentibus bicornibus
Ric: Waller Pinx
8
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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