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Wheat

Images

  • Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • Flor-ador food : suitable for the seven ages of man / Florador Food Company.
  • Slices of sunshine / Huntley & Palmers.
  • Christ winnowing evil from the human heart; a penitent bathing in the blood and water from Christ's side; an angel locking a dragon in hell. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1578.
  • Shredded Wheat : no waiting, ready cooked, delightful : send for free sample / Shredded Wheat Co.
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Catalogue

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    A grain of wheat showing ingredients of whole wheat cereal. Colour lithograph by the Ralston Purina Company, 1962.

    Ralston Purina Company. | Date: [1962?] | Reference: 679583i
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    Food processing: threshing cereals

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    Slices of sunshine / Huntley & Palmers.

    Huntley & Palmers. | Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]
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    A farmer and his wife contemplating their full-grown crop in a field ready for harvest. Colour lithograph, 18--.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 36004i
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    An allegory of agriculture: Ceres reclining amidst a collection of farm implements, she holds a sheaf of wheat and a scythe. Engraving by W. Bromley, 1789, after a sculptural panel by Mrs E. Coade.

    Coade, Eleanor, 1708-1794. | Date: 1789 | Reference: 496431i
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