Watercress (Nasturtium officinale R.Br.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate calyx, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Watercress (Nasturtium officinale): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1801.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

Four flowering plants, including watercress (Nasturtium officinale). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

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