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    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
    Subject
    Biology
       > Botany
    Content object
    nature
       > plant
    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
    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).
    Associated place
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          > United Kingdom
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