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  • Piper Nigrum (Pepper)
  • Complementary blotter Chemist A H Bull. Pied Piper & Children
  • Pepper plant (Piper nigrum L.): fruiting stem. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.
  • Above, two birds, a two seals; below, a scad and a sand-piper. Coloured etching.
  • A young woman guiding a blind bag-piper over a bridge in Scotland. Stipple engraving by S.W. Reynolds, 1848, after F. Tayler.
  • A chained bear being made to dance by a man holding a stick, accompanied by a piper and watched by a crowd. Lithograph by Roche, 1817.
  • Part of the coronation procession of King James II, 23 April 1685, with a piper and drums bringing up the rear. Engraving by J. Collins, 1685.
  • Above, two tortoises, a sand piper, a heath cock, a scambroidean fish and a sprig of a tea plant; below, a fish, a branch of a theobroma tree, a morse (walrus), a nematode worm and a scombroidean fish. Engraving by Heath.
  • Brillantaisia ulugurica Lindau, Acanthaceae. Giant salvia. Tropical herbaceous plant. Distribution: Tropical Africa. Brillantaisia patula is used by the Yoruba in south Nigeria for small-pox medication, the roots being mixed with Bahia nitida and Marantolchloa leucantha, Piper guineense and snails. This is made into a soup and the snail piece eaten to protect against smallpox for a year (Neuwinger, 1994) which doubtless was effective after the global eradication of smallpox in 1979. Brillantaisia nitens is used in the Cameroons to treat cardiovascular disorders. Phytochemical screening of Brillantaisia species have shown antibacterial action, vascular smooth muscle relaxant properties. Kew reports their use as soap
  • Pink roses in a vase. Watercolour by Pip.
  • Ernst Ott. Gouache and watercolour by Pip, 1911.
  • Detail of "Five orange pips".
  • A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.
  • A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.
  • Ski : no bits, no pips, just... smooth yogurt / Eden Vale.
  • Opium pipe.
  • Opium pipe
  • Conduit pipes and a machine for boring pipes. Etching by T. Jefferys.
  • Fred Spencer smoking a pipe.
  • Fred Spencer smoking a pipe.
  • Hydraulics: pipes, conduits, fountains, etc. Engraving.
  • Hydraulics: pipes, conduits, fountains, etc. Engraving.
  • Chinese woodcut: Medical instrument -- bamboo pipe
  • A Chinese man lighting a pipe. Watercolour.
  • Clayton's patent tile, brick and pipe machine.
  • Tobacco pipes (from New Zealand?). Albumen print.
  • A pipe, quill and news sheets. Engraving.
  • A man smoking a pipe. Wood-engraving.
  • Bellows and clyster-pipes for artificial respiration.
  • Two African men smoking pipes. Albumen print.