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  • A jauari palm tree (Astrocaryum jauari) growing on a river bank. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • A border of trees, palms and herbaceous plants from a Roman garden in the 1st century A.D. Coloured photograph.
  • Singapore: a fort at Tanjong Katong. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1880.
  • A design for a pharmacy label containing paraphernalia associated with that discipline. Engraving.
  • Jak tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) with fruit in the Society Islands. Pen drawing.
  • A large elephant with a monkey on its back and various flowers and insects. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.
  • A doum palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) in Nubia sheltering three people. Wood engraving by Faguet, c. 1867.
  • A palm (Astrocaryum species): crown of leaves, fruit and stem base. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • Malaya: houses of inhabitants on Penang Island. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.
  • Cupid inspiring plants with Love, in a tropical landscape. Coloured stipple engraving by T.Burke, ca. 1805, after P. Reinagle.
  • Plantain trees (Musa x paradisiaca) growing by a waterfall with two women resting beneath them. Coloured lithograph by J.B.Kidd, c.1840, after himself.
  • Calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria): fruiting plant growing under a palm. Engraving.
  • Dwarf palms in a Madagascarn rainforest. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • A border of plants from a Roman garden in the 1st century A.D., with the main plants labelled. Photograph.
  • Indians on a coffee plantation washing in a lake and gathering together on the bank. Coloured lithograph by V. Adam, c. 1850, after J. M. Rugendas.
  • Diagrams illustrating military ambulances of Europe and Africa with their interior design and basic equipment. Etching by S. Botta.
  • While the holy family rest on the way to Egypt, Joseph bends over a palm tree to provide them with dates. Engraving by F. Brizio after A. Allegri, il Correggio.
  • Doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica (L.) C.Martius): fruiting stem and fruit segments. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743.
  • Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807, after J. Ihle.
  • The martyrdom of Saint Agnes: she is stabbed, and an angel receives the martyr's palm from Christ for bestowal upon her. Engraving by G. Audran after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera): four sections of the fruit and nut. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807, after J. Ihle.
  • A man climbing a coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) which stands by a banana plant (Musa sp.), in a waterside setting in Bombay, India. Engraving by J. Shury after J. Forbes, 1768.
  • A palm tree (Geonoma species). Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • Palm tree (Attalea species) growing near the Madeira River in S. America, with a man seated beneath it. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • A plant (Corypha minor Jacq.) related to talipot palm: flowering stem with separate seedling, fruit and flower. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A palm (Desmoncus species): liane with fruit. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • Saint Peter Martyr. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • A multi-coloured graphic figure behind the green outline of a palm tree; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Mariscal, 1994.
  • Animals and plants from the East Indies, including chinese citron or natsumikan, jak fruit, nam-nam tree, bilimbi tree, betel nuts and filander. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with Saint Joseph and the Christ Child, in a rest on their flight into Egypt. Etching after S. Cantarini.