Natural History

From our recent early 19th-century natural history collection associated with the Glegg family of Withington Hall, Cheshire.

Artists include J.J. Schenck, likely to be connected with the Schenck family of Siegen, which included the entomologist Adolph Schenck (1803–1878) and the botanist Johann Heinrich Rudolf Schenck (1860–1927). Adolphe Schenck amassed an important collection of entomological specimens and was a charismatic teacher, initiating the creation of a Botanical Garden at Dillenburg.

Also 'Mademoiselle Sommé d'anvers', likely connected to Claude Louis Sommé (1772–1855) who was chief surgeon at the St Elisabeth hospital of Antwerp. Sommé was responsible for the creation of the Botanic Garden of Antwerp, close to the hospital, cultivating plants that supported his teachings in external pathology at the école de médecine.