Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8376
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Bush or wood oat grass and meadow grass with oblong spikes
Date
1689
Creator
Richard Waller (1660 - 1715, British) , naturalist
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 380mm
width (painting): 240mm
width (painting): 240mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical study of bush or wood oat grass with a sparsed panicle (Gramen avenaceum dumetorum panicula sparsa) and meadow grass with oblong spikes without awns (Gramen paniculatum spicis longis...). With flower details.
Transcription
Gramen avenaceum Dumetorum
Panicula Sparsa
Bush or wood oate-grass with a sparsed panicle
an Gramen Panicu latum spicis longis
muticis squam mosis Ray
Meadow grass with oblong spikes without awns
Ric: Waller Pinx
20
Panicula Sparsa
Bush or wood oate-grass with a sparsed panicle
an Gramen Panicu latum spicis longis
muticis squam mosis Ray
Meadow grass with oblong spikes without awns
Ric: Waller Pinx
20
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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