Credit: © The Royal Society
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
width (painting): 240mm
Subject
Content object
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
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