Untrimmed contact print with wide border from a wet collodion negative. A white background has been specially constructed to photograph the flowering plant. A man looks up for scale. Image with an interesting "behind the scenes" atmosphere.

The photograph was probably made at Kew Botanical Gardens in London.
The introduction of Heracleum mantegazzianum, commonly known as giant
hogweed, was first recorded in Great Britain in 1817 when it was put on the seed list at the Kew Botanic Gardens in London. By 1828, the first natural population was recorded, growing wild in Cambridgeshire, England.

Untrimmed albumen print ca. 21,3 x 17,8 cm

ca. 1860