Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8378
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Small supine oat grass and great wild oat grass
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 small supine oat grass without awns (Gramen avenaceum parvum procumbens...) and great wild oat grass or drank (Festuca avenacea sterilis elatior). With flower details.
Transcription
Ray No2.p191 Festuca Avenacea sterilis elastior CB
Great Wild Oat Grass or Dranks
Gram: avenaceum parvum procumbens
paniculis non aristatis. Ray No8. p192
Small supine oast grass without awns
Ric: Waller Pinx
22
Great Wild Oat Grass or Dranks
Gram: avenaceum parvum procumbens
paniculis non aristatis. Ray No8. p192
Small supine oast grass without awns
Ric: Waller Pinx
22
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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