Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.8371
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    Quaking grass or Lady’s hair

    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 Quaking grass or Lady’s hair (Gramen tremulum) with a flower detail.
    Transcription
    Gramen tremulum IB Tremulu maj. CB
    Phalaris pratensis Ger. Gram. tremulu seu
    Phalaris media anglica prima an secunda Park
    Quaking grass con: quakes Lady's hair. Ray p.185
    Ric: Waller Pinx
    13
    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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