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  • A columbine (Aquilegia canadensis): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.
  • The components of an astrolabe (a medieval instrument, now replaced by the sextant, that was once used to determine the altitude of the sun or other celestial bodies); signed "HOC FACET [SIC] VIVES" an inscribed "DON. COLVBINUS. DE. ALFIANO. MONACUS. VALLIS. VMBROSE. VTEBATUR. MD.LXXII" meaning Don Columbino de Alfiano, Monk of Vallombrosa [in Tuscany, where there was a famous monastry] used [this], 1572.
  • A flowering plant, possibly an Aquilegia species, with two small segments of other plant stems. Watercolour.
  • Five flowering plants, two possibly Aquilegia species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Six flowering plants, possibly including a gorse, an Allium species and two Aquilegia species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Four plants, including a fritillary (Fritillaria) and a wood buttercup (Ranunculus nemorosus): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • Two young children dress up and act as characters in a play. Chromolithograph.
  • Five actors represented by English politicians are performing a pantomime while a (Quaker?) spectator is asleep in his chair. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1 January 1887.
  • Three men performing a scene from a play. Photographic postcard. 191-.
  • Three men performing a scene from a play. Photographic postcard. 191-.