Memorials of Linnæus : a collection of portraits, manuscripts, specimens and books exhibited to commemorate the bicentenary of his birth.

  • British Museum (Natural History)
Date:
1907
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Credit: Memorials of Linnæus : a collection of portraits, manuscripts, specimens and books exhibited to commemorate the bicentenary of his birth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE This Guide has been drawn up to accompany a collection of portraits, autographs, manuscripts, specimens and books, which has been arranged by order of the Trustees in com¬ memoration of the bicentenary of the birth of Linnaeus. These memorials of Linnaeus are exhibited in three cases in the second botanical bay on the east side of the Great Hall. The fine series of autograph fetters and manuscripts is from the Department of Manuscripts, and has been prepared for exhibi¬ tion by the Keeper, Dr. G. F. Warner. The large portrait of Linnaeus in Lapland costume and the portrait of Dr. Solander are from the Department of Prints and Drawings. For the loan of the specimens and books from Linnaeus’s own collection we are indebted to the courtesy of the President and Council of the Linnean Society ; without this help the exhibition would have been far less interesting. To Dr. William Carruthers, formerly Keeper of the Department of Botany, we owe the fine series of portraits of Linnaeus. The remaining exhibits are from the Department of Botany, which contains several early collections associated with Linnaeus. Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History), July, 1907. A. B. Rendle.