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TitleFranz Bauer drawings

Held atSenate House Library, University of London

Reference codeMS1015

Datec1788-c1829

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- Bauer, Franz Andreas (1758-1840) microscopist and botanical artistMore Info on CreatorLess Info on Creator
  Franz Bauer was born in Feldsberg, Austria in 1758. His first published botanical drawing appeared in 1771. Bauer moved to England in 1790 to take up a position of draughtsman at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Amongst his publications was Strelitzia Depicta (1818). Bauer is considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of botanical artists.

Scope and ContentSketch of the eclipse of the sun, 1820; handwritten "explanation of plate"; sketches including grain worms, root worms, dust brands of wheat; title jacket for "Prospectus Operis Botanici" by Joseph Plenck (1788); short note describing Bauer's sketch of 2 December 1829.

Conditions governing accessOpen for research. 24 hours notice necessary.

Extent15 items

The Natural History Museum holds botanical notes and drawings, c1803-1840; the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew holds memoranda and papers relevant to diseases in corn, c1805; Department of Plant Sciences, Oxford University holds drawings of Greek flora c1786; University College London holds letters to von Jacquin; the University of Göttingen holds drawings and manuscripts.

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