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  • 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 species) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with root. Watercolour.
  • Two Scotsmen flying on a witch's broomstick from Edinburgh to London; representing Scots usurping the positions of southerners under the government of Lord Bute. Etching by P. Sandby, 1762.
  • A plant (Carduus sp.) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate root and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A blessed thistle (Cnicus palustris) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A thistle flower and crab's eyes plant (Abrus species). Watercolour.
  • A thistle (Cirsium species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • A plant (Carduus argentatus L.) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • A thistle in the centre with a boar to the left facing a mastiff to the right, all surrounded by various plants and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • Thistle leaves in grass. Watercolour, pen and pencil drawings.
  • Two plants of the Compositae family: a flowering thistle (left) and yellow chrysanthemum (right). Watercolour.
  • Seven garden plants, including a hèavenly blue' ipomoea: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • A thistle (Carduus arvensis) with an associated moth and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A thistle (Carduus acanthoides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • 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 fruiting plant. Watercolour.
  • 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.
  • Two Scotsmen flying on a witch's broomstick from Edinburgh to London; representing Scots usurping the positions of southerners under the government of Lord Bute. Etching by P. Sandby, 1762.
  • A figure composed of barrels batters the drooping head of a thistle; representing the forced resignation of Lord Melville following implications of malversation and the vote on Whitbread's motion. Aquatint by J. Sayer, 1805.
  • A plant (Carduus chius Jacq.) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate uncoloured leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.