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Tendrils

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  • A plant, possibly a melon (Cucumis melo): flowering and fruiting stem with segments of the fruit. Watercolour.
  • Passion flower (Passiflora species): twining stem with flowers and fruit. Pen drawing.
  • White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Miller, 1791.
  • Vetch plant (Vicia species): flowering stem. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.
  • Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia): stem with coloured autumn leaves. Watercolour.
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    Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

    | Reference: 22160i
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    Vetch plant (Vicia species): flowering stem. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

    Bradbury, Henry, 1831-1860. | Date: [c. 1867] | Reference: 23671i
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    Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Engraving with etching, c. 1828, after J. Hart.

    Hart, J. T., active 1833-1840. | Date: 1 October 1828 | Reference: 25328i
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    Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia): stem with coloured autumn leaves. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 22080i
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    Four plants, all with different forms of tendrils or thorns. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

    | Date: [c. 1850] | Reference: 28481i
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