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Pears

Images

  • A pear (Pyrus species): flowering branch. Watercolour.
  • Two pears (Pyrus cultivars): fruit and flowers. Coloured aquatint, c. 1839.
  • Four cultivars of pear (Pyrus communis cv.): entire fruits. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1835, after Lady Boughton.
  • A collection of pears (Pyrus species). Colour and coloured engraving, c. 1817, after G. Brookshaw.
  • Seven plants, including a pear, an aster and two orchids: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
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Catalogue

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    The pears of New York / by U.P. Hedrick, assisted by G.H. Howe, O.M. Taylor, E.H. Francis, H.B. Tukey.

    Hedrick, U. P. | Date: 1921
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    A caterpillar bores a hole into the side of pear having just eaten a hole in an apple, an analogy to the voracious appetite and speed of growth of the HIV virus. Colour silk screen print after A. François, 1993.

    François, André, 1915-2005. | Date: [1993] | Reference: 672816i
    Part of: Images pour la lutte contre le SIDA
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    Four cultivars of pear (Pyrus communis cv.): entire fruits. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1835, after Lady Boughton.

    Boughton, Lady, active 1810-1850. | Date: [1812-48] | Reference: 26401i
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    Pear (Pyrus species): fruiting branches with halved fruit. Colour stipple engraving by T. Nasi, c. 1817, after D. Del Pino.

    Del Pino, Domenico, active 1820. | Date: [1817] | Reference: 20692i
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    Two pears (Pyrus cultivars): fruit and flowers. Coloured aquatint, c. 1839.

    | Date: [1839] | Reference: 25308i
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