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  • Chinese Materia medica, C17: Plant drugs, Thistles
  • (Left) a purple face in distress; (right) a purple face in distress, blindfolded, with thistles. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1977.
  • The lion dressed as king is presented with a bouquet of thistles by a mule while he is having his mane curled by a monkey dressed as coiffeur. Wood engraving by H. Linton after L. Bulewski after W. Kaulbach.
  • Cnicus benedictus (Holy thistle)
  • Carduus marianus (Milk thistle)
  • Nichiryo TRI-pack offers / Thistle Scientific Ltd.
  • Nichiryo TRI-pack offers / Thistle Scientific Ltd.
  • Thistle Scientific : "where customer care comes naturally".
  • Thistle Scientific : "where customer care comes naturally".
  • A thistle flower and fruiting plant. Watercolour.
  • A thistle (Cirsium species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Ciji cai (edible field thistle), Chinese woodcut
  • Thistle leaves in grass. Watercolour, pen and pencil drawings.
  • Two plants, holy thistle (Silybum marianum) and Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • A thistle flower and crab's eyes plant (Abrus species). Watercolour.
  • A plant (Carduus species) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with root. Watercolour.
  • Two plants of the Compositae family: a flowering thistle (left) and yellow chrysanthemum (right). Watercolour.
  • Johann Jacob Scheuchzer, holding a thistle. Line engraving by J. Nutting, 1723, after M. Füsslinus.
  • A thistle (Carduus acanthoides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A thistle (Carduus arvensis) with an associated moth and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A blessed thistle (Cnicus palustris) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A plant (Carduus sp.) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate root and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A plant (Carduus chius Jacq.) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate uncoloured leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A plant (Carduus pycnocephalus L.) related to Scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate flowers and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A plant (Carduus argentatus L.) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • Three noblemen dance round a tall thistle as the devil plays the bagpipes; representing Scottish influence on the British policy towards American independence. Engraving, 1775.
  • Wand of Office of a Scottish Medical Society. Silver. At the head a thistle surmounted by two demons in a squatting position. Hallmarked, London, Victorian.
  • Two plants, a knapweed (Centaurea jacea) and star-thistle (Centaurea calcitrapa): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Johann Jacob Scheuchzer, aged 59, holding a book in his left hand, gesturing towards shells, a fish, and a thistle. Mezzotint by T. Laub, 1731, after J. H. Heidegger.
  • Johann Jacob Scheuchzer, aged 59, holding a book in his left hand, gesturing towards shells, a fish, and a thistle. Mezzotint by T. Laub, 1731, after J. H. Heidegger.