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  • Ruins at Carthage, with salt marshes in the distance, Tunisia. Watercolour by Charles Gülin, 1778.
  • GNAPHALIUM ULIGINOSUM (MARSH CUDWEED)
  • Dr. Marsh. Photograph by Maull & Co.
  • Marsh marigold or kingcups (Caltha palustris): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.
  • Plan of a salt-marsh. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Geography: a mirage in a marsh. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • A flowering marsh mallow plant (Althaea rosa). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.
  • Marsh St. John's wort (Hypericum eloides): flowering stems. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.
  • A wild boar in an enclosure in the marsh. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • A woman seated on a flat boat on a marsh in the moonlight. Etching.
  • Plan of a salt-marsh and the workers. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Piriton for the symptomatic control of all allergic conditions responsive to antihistamines : marsh titmouse.
  • Piriton for the symptomatic control of all allergic conditions responsive to antihistamines : marsh titmouse.
  • A premium for pain : Marsh UK and The Beckett Group : collaborators in animal torture : Marsh UK and The Beckett Group both provide vital insurance services to the notorious animal torturers Huntingdon Life Sciences... / SHAC.
  • A premium for pain : Marsh UK and The Beckett Group : collaborators in animal torture : Marsh UK and The Beckett Group both provide vital insurance services to the notorious animal torturers Huntingdon Life Sciences... / SHAC.
  • Birds of the marsh and swamp shown in their natural surroundings. Coloured lithograph by P. Trap.
  • Althaea officinalis L. Malvaceae. Marsh Mallow. Herbaceous perennial. Althaea comes from the Greek word for healing
  • Althaea officinalis L. Malvaceae. Marsh Mallow. Herbaceous perennial. Althaea comes from the Greek word for healing
  • Four British wild flowers, including marsh and purple helleborines (Epipactis species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.
  • Marsh ludwigia plant (Ludwigia palustris): flowering stem with roots. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Two species of marsh samphire plant (Salicornia species): leafy stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Plan of a salt-marsh and instruments used in the process of salt extraction. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • The Queen's levée and society figures drinking the waters in the pump room with a key to important society figures, Bath. Line engraving by W.J. Alais, 1817, after Mr. Marsh.
  • Dactylorhiza aff fuchsii Druce ex Soo Orchidaceae Common Spotted orchid. Distribution: Ireland to Mongolia. Roots look like a hand. Coles (1657) calls them Palma Christi sive [or] Satyrion (to distinguish it from Ricinus communis which he calls Palma Christi sive Ricinus. This plant is probably his Female Satyrion and another Dactylorhiza, probably one of the English Marsh orchids, is his Male Satyrion Royal, with purple flowers. In common with Orchis he writes 'The full and plump roots of the Satyrium or Orchis, whereof the Electuary Diasatyrium is made, are of mighty efficacy to provoke to venery, which they that have bulbous roots [meaning the testicle shaped roots of Orchis] do by Signature.'. Terrestrial orchids continue, to be harvested by the millions annually in the Middle East for the production of Salep, including Salep ice cream, because of their mythological aphrodisiacal property. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Rock tombs at Beni Hassan, Middle Egypt date from the Middle Kingdom dynasties XI (2060-1991 BCE) and XII (1991-1782 BCE) and rank among the most important monuments of Ancient Egypt. They were built for the dignitaries of Menat-Khufu, one of the oldest place names recorded in ancient Egypt. The tomb walls are decorated with mural paintings executed on rocky walls made smooth with plaster. These paintings are radidly deteriorating and most reproductions are from paintings of the originals. This painting, from the tomb of Khnumenhotep, the Mayor of Menat-Khufu, shows him using a large draw net to capture marsh fowl. The basic sources of animal protein for Ancient Egyptians were wild fowl and fish. A multitude of bird species inhabited the reed beds along the Nile, far more in dynastic times than today. They included ducks, geese, finches, egrets, storks, ibis, cranes and red-breasted goose which is no longer found in Egypt.
  • Dactylorhiza foliosa (Rchb.f.)Soo Orchidaceae Distribution: Madeira. Roots look like a hand and Coles (1657) calls them Palma Christi sive [or] Satyrion (to distinguish it from Ricinus communis which he calls Palma Christi sive Ricinus. This plant would be the closest to his Male Satyrion Royal, with purple flowers (but this is likely to be one of the English Marsh orchids,, and Dactylorhiza fuchsii is his Female Satyrion. In common with Orchis he writes 'The full and plump roots of the Satyrium or Orchis, whereof the Electuary Diasatyrium is made, are of mighty efficacy to provoke to venery, which they that have bulbous roots [meaning the testicle shaped roots of Orchis] do by Signature.'. Terrestrial orchids continue to be harvested by the millions annually in the Middle East for the production of Salep, including Salep ice cream, because of their mythological aphrodisiacal property. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • The doctor : oh dear it's ages since a patient rang the bell (you see I gave them Ovaltine so everybody's well!).
  • The doctor : oh dear it's ages since a patient rang the bell (you see I gave them Ovaltine so everybody's well!).
  • St Alban Hall and Merton College, Oxford. Line engraving by D. Loggan.