Yale Center for British Art

Title:: Botany study cards : manuscript.
Published / Created:: Great Britain, early 19th century.
Physical Description:: 22 cards : watercolors ; 12 x 8 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
QK306 .B683 Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:: Housed in a green paper-covered slipcase, with embossed gold border.
Each of the 22 cards includes a watercolor drawing at top and text written in black ink at bottom (rectos only). The first reads: “Botany is a science which treats of vegetables & plants. Divided into classes, orders, genera, species, & varieties.” The cards summarize botanical details of plants and flowers and their components, for example: "The pistil consists of three parts, 1 The Germen. 2 The Style. 3 The Stigma.” Other cards outline the Linnaean system of taxonomy, or define leaf shapes, fruit stalks, etc.
Subject Terms:: Education -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Botany -- Study and teaching.
Form/Genre:: Watercolors.