From the International Exhibition, Antwerp to Ferdinand von Mueller   [Sep 1891]

Août-Septembre 1891.

Exposition Internationale d'Anvers.

Section des Produits Végétaux.

Diplôme de collaborateur décerné au Gouvernement australien.

pour sa collection de bois australiens

Le Comité Exécutif.

le Secrétaire général

[…]

le Président

[…] de Bosschere

le Vice-Président

Dr. Henri Van Heurck

Les Membres.

[…] Edm Grandgaignage

August-September 1891

Antwerp International Exhibition

Section for Vegetable Products

Certificate of collaboration awarded to the Australian Government

for its collection of Australian woods1

Executive Committee.

General Secretary

[…]

President

[…] de Bosschere

Vice-President

Dr. Henri Van Heurck

Members.

[…] Edm Grandgaignage

Although the award was not explicitly directed to M, he was clearly responsible for the exhibit and the MS is among a collection of certificates awarded to him.

MS is a printed and elaborately decorated certificate. The decoration includes a photograph of what is presumably the palace in which the exposition was accommodated.

Please cite as “FVM-91-09-00j,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/91-09-00j