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  • Iris, Aesculapius and Flora routing death. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid, 1737, after J.W. Baumgartner.
  • A flowering iris. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.
  • Cream iris flowers. Watercolour by J. A. Sherlock, 1901.
  • White lily striped with purple (Lilium sp.) and two irises (Iris sp.) Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
  • Iris, an HIV positive woman with two men and the message in Italian: "Iris is HIV positive - we stand by her"; one of a series of posters from a Solidarity 'Stop AIDS' campaign by Aiuto AIDS Svizzero in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • Iris, an HIV positive woman with two men and the message in Italian: "Iris is HIV positive - we stand by her"; one of a series of posters from a Solidarity 'Stop AIDS' campaign by Aiuto AIDS Svizzero in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • An iris; flowers and birds; two ladies, one with a baby. Ink drawings.
  • A flowering blue flag iris (Marica caerulea) Chromolithograph, c. 1888, after H. Moon.
  • Iris graminea L. Iridaceae Grass-leaved flag. Flower de Luce. Distribution: Central and Southern Europe. This is probably the Iris bulbosa minor sive angustifolia [the lesser bulbed or narrow-leaved Iris], Lesser bulbed Flower de luce of Parkinson (1640). He advised that the properties of all Flag Irises were more or less the same, but says there is no agreement about the properties of the bulbous kinds (such as this plant). Of the Flag Irises, Culpeper (1650) writes that the roots 'resist poison, help shortness of the breath, prove the terms [menstruation]
  • Iris, an HIV positive woman with two men with the message in German: "Iris is HIV positive - we stand by you"; one of a series of posters from a Solidarity 'Stop AIDS' campaign by the der AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz in collaboration with the Office of Federal Health. Colour lithograph.
  • Eight plants, including two orchids and an iris: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • Ten flowering plants, including two orchids and an iris. Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.
  • Ten flowering plants, including two orchids and an iris. Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.
  • Two plants, a leguminous species with pods (left) and a flowering iris (right) Watercolour.
  • Seven garden plants, including an iris: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • A flowering blue iris (Marica cærulea) with large, ornate border. Chromolithograph by O. Jones, 1845.
  • Iris: she caries a vase through which the rays of the sun pass to form the rainbow. Engraving by G. Folo, 1814, after G. Head.
  • Two sprigs of flowers, including iris and double Narcissus, meant as designs for embroidery. Etching with engraving after W. Kilburn, 1775.
  • Six coloured condoms with faces drawn on them representing the centrepiece of a calendar for the year 1994 by the Estonian Association "Anti-AIDS". Colour lithograph by Kaido Haagen and Iris Kottri, 1994.
  • Three plants, including a cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) and an iris: flowering stems with two grasshoppers. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Butterfly iris (Moraea sp.): entire flowering plant with separate fruiting stem and sections of leaf and bulb. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Iris unguicularis Poir. Iridaceae. Algerian iris. Rhizomatous perennial. Distribution: NW Africa, E. Mediterranean It has scientifically-based potential. The rhizomes contain the chemical kaempferol which inhibits the enzyme alpha-glucosidase in the gut, reducing the rate of glucose absorption. This could be used to prevent the dangerous peaks of blood sugar that occur in diabetics and reduce eye and kidney complications. The unprocessed rhizome contains iridin, a toxic glycoside, which causes 'nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and skin irritation'. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Brain Organoid.
  • Normal eye - close-up
  • Human eye
  • Human eye
  • Human eye
  • The suicide of Dido: Dido seated on a pyre surrounded by distressed servants. Etching by G.C. Testa after P. Testa.
  • Bertillon, Instructions Signaletiques Album
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.