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  • Ornamented borders of Tartary oak (Quercus McCormickii), anchors and a polar bear round circular images of the Antarctic Ocean with penguin and boat. Pencil drawing by E. Wilson?, c.1844.
  • Japanese oak (Quercus mongolica): tree branch with acorns. Watercolour.
  • Ornamented borders of Tartary oak (Quercus McCormickii), anchors and a polar bear round images of the Antarctic Sea with penguin and boat. Pencil drawing, c.1844.
  • Acorns and twigs of oak (Quercus species). Pen, pencil and watercolour drawings.
  • Oak (Quercus robur), hazel (Corylus avellana) and hornbeam (Carpinus betulus): fruiting and flowering twigs. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Six seeding plants, including dandelion, oak, sycamore and hazel, all illustrating different methods of seed dispersal. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • The fable of the acorn and the pumpkin: an acorn falls on a man resting under an oak tree on a grassy bank, with pumpkins and his tools and basket around him. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after N. Bertin after J. de La Fontaine.
  • The first verse of a poem entitled, "Rheinweinlied", surrounded by an ornamental design with a large wine glass. Etching, 1842.