A sugar cane plant (Saccharum officinarum), its flower and sections of stem, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

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[c. 1840]
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28057i
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view A sugar cane plant (Saccharum officinarum), its flower and sections of stem, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

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A sugar cane plant (Saccharum officinarum), its flower and sections of stem, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[c. 1840]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; border 22.5 x 18 cm

Lettering

The sugar cane. Preparing the ground. Sugar cane harvest. Boiling the sugar. Shipping the sugar. Selling sugar. Use of sugar in confectionary. Use of sugar in tea

Notes

One of a series of six prints illustrating economic plants and their uses: date palm (Wellcome Library no. 28051i), coffee (2052i), rubber (28053i), sugar cane (28057i), tea (28058i), tobacco (28060i)

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in "Future Food: Food for tomorrow's world", Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany, 20 March 2020 - 21 February 2021

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Wellcome Collection 28057i

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