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  • Ming herbal (painting): Thorn apple
  • Christ's thorn plant (Ziziphus spina-christi): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1817.
  • Thorn-apple or Jamestown weed (Datura stramonium): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Goat's thorn (Astragalus): flowering stem and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
  • Goat's thorn (Astragalus christianus): flowering stem and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
  • A Protestant from Thorn is fastened to a stake by a ring around his waist and a rope around his neck and publicly flogged with rods. Etching with engraving.
  • A peasant without shoes removing a thorn (?) from his foot, a dog accompanies him. Etching by J. Miel.
  • Venus pulling a thorn from her foot in beautiful countryside. Engraving by P. Audouin, after P. Bouillon after Raphael.
  • Goat's-thorn (Astragalus sp.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A fox has taken shelter in a thicket of thorn bushes. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • Venus visits Aesculapius to ask him to remove a thorn from her foot. Collotype after Sir E.J. Poynter, ca. 1880.
  • Two flowering plants: thorn-apple (Datura stramonium) on the left and henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) on the right. Colour process print, 1924.
  • Goat's-thorn (Astragalus trimestris): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • Goat's-thorn (Astragalus sulcatus L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Venus visits Aesculapius to ask him to remove a thorn from her foot. Colour process print after Sir E.J. Poynter.
  • Sir Richard Thorne Thorne. Lithograph.
  • Sir Richard Thorne Thorne. Photograph.
  • Venus pulling a thorn from her foot in an elaborate rural setting, a rabbit accompanies her. Engraving by M. Dente, 1516, after Raphael.
  • Four examples of single flowers: a deadly nightshade, thorn apple, periwinkle and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • Thorn tree for punishment of adultry (top left) and ghouls in hell with Phra Malai above them (top right), the poor woodcutter picks lotus flowers in a pond (bottom right) and presents them to Phra Malai (bottom left)
  • Thorn tree for punishment of adultry (top left) and ghouls in hell with Phra Malai above them (top right), the poor woodcutter picks lotus flowers in a pond (bottom right) and presents them to Phra Malai (bottom left)
  • Four poisonous plants: monk's hood (Aconitum napellus), deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) and thorn-apple (Datura stramonium) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone, 1855.
  • A Chinese man with is attended upon by a woman and child who try to pick out a thorn from his foot. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • A satyr wearing eyeglasses, with young assistant, removes a thorn from the foot of a male faun who leans against female companion. Engraving by G. Piccini after J. Muller after B. Spranger.
  • A satyr wearing spectacles removes a thorn from the foot of a male faun while a female faun and boy satyr observe, with printed latin verse. Line engraving by G. Piccini after J. Muller after B. Spranger.
  • Portrait of Buchanan, Lambert, Owen, and Thorne on one negative
  • The Thorn Spider (Gasteracantha cancriformis) is a neotropical spider of the Micrathena schreibersi species of orb weavers (Araneidae). The spider has a wide distribution throughout Central and South America. Females are large and brightly colored, and have a triangular abdomen with black margins and 10 prominent spines. Males are smaller and less conspicuous than females and are less frequently encountered.
  • The Thorn Spider (Gasteracantha cancriformis) is a neotropical spider of the Micrathena schreibersi species of orb weavers (Araneidae). The spider has a wide distribution throughout Central and South America. Females are large and brightly colored, and have a triangular abdomen with black margins and 10 prominent spines. Males are smaller and less conspicuous than females and are less frequently encountered.
  • Patients wait in the outpatients' department of a hospital. Drypoint by D. Thorne.
  • Patients wait in the outpatients' department of a hospital. Drypoint by D. Thorne.