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Object within Schaaf no. 4212

Botanical specimen, wild fennel or dill

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Object details

Created: Between 1 Aug 1835 and 10 Jun 1842

Image size: h 22.5cm x w 18.0cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Contact

Physical description: degree of fading, in three bands

Inscription: pencil X recto

Watermark: J Whatman Turkey Mill 1839

Provenance:
Martius

Owner: Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Object owner number: Prot.bd.58, fol. 132

Rights and Reproduction

This object is part of Schaaf no. 4212

Botanical specimen, wild fennel or dill

Keywords: Botanical

This plant specimen belongs to the Apiaceae family and is probably Anethum graveolens. Other members of this large family of aromatic plants include the likes of celery, carrot, parsley, caraway, cumin and fennel.

A similar plant specimen appears in Schaaf number 757.