Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8381
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soft tufted meadow grass and corn reed 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 soft tufted meadow grass (Gramen pratense paniculatum molle) and corn reed grass or bent (Gramen agrorum lobelii venti spica). With flower details.
Transcription
Gram: agrorum lobelii IB Agorum ventispica
Park. Arundinaceum Ger.
Corn reed grass or bent
Culmo sesquipedali foliis cineritys glumis
Purpurascentibus cunetis mollibus et hirsutis
Gramen pratense paniculatum molle CB
Soft tufted meadow grass No6.p188 Ray
Ric: Waller Pinx
25
Park. Arundinaceum Ger.
Corn reed grass or bent
Culmo sesquipedali foliis cineritys glumis
Purpurascentibus cunetis mollibus et hirsutis
Gramen pratense paniculatum molle CB
Soft tufted meadow grass No6.p188 Ray
Ric: Waller Pinx
25
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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