Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8367
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Common dog’s grass and middle meadow 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 dog’s grass (Gramen spica aritricea repens vulgare) and middle meadow grass (Gramen pratense paniculatum medium) with flower details.
Transcription
Gramen spica triticea repens vulgare,
caninum dic@ tum, repens, officinarum forste
spica triticea aliquatenus simile, IB Ray Nos. p179
Caninum vulgatius Park
Common Dogs grass
Gramen Pratense Paniculatum medium CB
Middle Meadiw Grass
Ric: Waller Pinx
9
caninum dic@ tum, repens, officinarum forste
spica triticea aliquatenus simile, IB Ray Nos. p179
Caninum vulgatius Park
Common Dogs grass
Gramen Pratense Paniculatum medium CB
Middle Meadiw Grass
Ric: Waller Pinx
9
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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