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    Image number: RS.8393
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    Common field scabious

    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
          > flower
    Description
    Botanical study of common field scabious (Scabiosa major communior folio laciniato) with flower details.
    Transcription
    Scabiosa major communior folio laciniato I>B>
    Major vulg. G. vulg. pratensis. P. Common fied scabious

    Flore composito & fistulosis difformibus flosculis
    Colore molochi no. sominibus Solidis
    Foliis laciniatis altius lese viridibus. cum
    Caule cavo hirsutis, pilis deorsu spectantibg
    Radice una penetrante fibris donata
    Calyce semen coronante hirsuto
    Ric: Waller Pinx
    39
    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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