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Plants

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  • White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering plant. Woodcut.
  • Opium lettuce (Lactuca virosa): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Three flowering plants, including coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), common rue (Ruta graveolens), and a legume. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Two white roses, in a still-life. Watercolour by J.D.(?), 1885.
  • Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi): fruiting stem. Watercolour by B. Bird.
  • Rose (Rosa species): flowers and leaves. Pencil drawing.
  • A type of bindweed (Convolvulus pannifolius): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • Richea glauca: flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté after A. Piron.
  • Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (fennel) with seed-pods resembling the crest of a bird, and (below) a bird's head. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
  • Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum): leaves and fruits. Pen drawing, partially coloured.
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Catalogue

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    Plant studies for artists, designers, and art students / by George Charles Haité.

    Haité, George Charles. | Date: 1886
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    Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

    | Reference: 22160i
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    Two flowering plants. Watercolour, c. 1870.

    | Date: 1870 | Reference: 28562i
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    Nux-vomica plant (Strychnos nux-vomica): flowering stem, sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

    Burnett, M. A., active 1850. | Date: [1847] | Reference: 23824i
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    Scabious (Scabiosa syriaca): flowering stem with floral segments. Line engraving by J. Hill, c. 1772, after himself.

    Hill, John, active 1716-1720. | Date: [1759-1775] | Reference: 20744i
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