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Huts at Sennar, on the Blue Nile. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, c. 1920.
Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel), 1862-1940.Date: 1920Reference: 37668i
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Istanbul: Ayasofia from the Blue Mosque. Engraving by D. Pronti after W. Reveley.
Reveley, Willey, 1760-1799.Date: [1799-1803]Reference: 2141835i
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Huts at Sennar, on the Blue Nile. Watercolour by Mrs. Ethel Alec-Tweedie, c. 1920.
Alec-Tweedie
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Blue stage of the spasmodic Cholera of a girls who dies in Sunderland, November 1831
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A little girl holding up a sandwich; advertising the healthiness of Blue Band margarine. Colour lithograph, 195- (?).
Date: [between 1950 and 1959?]Reference: 689741i
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Human anatomy, materia medica and surgical instruments according to the Tibetan "Blue beryl" treatise of Sangye Gyamtso. Watercolour.
Sangs-rgyas-rgya-mtsho, Sde-srid, 1653-1705.Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 656988i
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The Great Blue Spring of the Lower Geyser basin, Yellowstone National Park. Colour lithograph by L. Prang after T. Moran.
Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926.Date: 1876Reference: 43947i
Part of: Prang's American Chromos
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Blue-coat Hospital, London: the front elevation, with horse-drawn and pedestrian traffic in the foreground. Wood engraving by R. Clayton.
Reference: 23186i
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The Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey: the bronze Serpentine Column with the Blue Mosque in the background. Photograph by Guillaume Berggren, ca. 1880.
Berggren, G. (Guillaume), 1835-1920.Date: 1880Reference: 576468i
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A record cover entitled 'Red Hot Blue, a tribute to Cole Porter to benefit AIDS research and relief produced by EMI on 25 September 1990. Colour lithograph by Estudio Pedro Delgado, [1990].
Date: [1990]Reference: 675782i
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Succisia pratensis Greene Asteraceae. Devil’s Bit Scabious, Blue Buttons. Distribution: Europe, W Asia, Africa. Culpeper (1650), under ‘Herbs’ he writes: ‘Succisa, Morsus diobolo, Devil’s Bit. Inwardly taken it easeth the fits of the mother [probably uterine spasm or pain], and breaks wind, taketh away the swellings in the mouth, and slimy phlegm that sticks to the jaws, neither is there a more present remedy in the world, for those cold swellings of the neck, which the vulgar call the Almonds [lymph nodes] of the neck than this herb bruised and applied to them. Folk lore attribute it as a cure-all which was so successful that the Devil bit off the bottom of the roots when he saw it growing down into Hades. However, the roots show no sign of such damage to support the myth. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley
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Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi Lamiaceae. Baikal skullcap. Distribution: China. There are several hundred species of Scutellaria, also known as skull caps, so correct identification is important - in particular from Scutellaria lateriflora an American species known as Blue skullcap. The latter is used as an abortifacient and to expel placenta by the Cherokee and for cleaning the throat by the Iroquois (Austin, 2004). Much vaunted as a treatment for rabies with unlikely statistics (1,400 cases cured by one doctor alone). Also as ‘antispasmodic, nervine, [for] chorea, convulsions, tetanus, tremors, delirium tremens, [and as a] diaphoretic and diuretic'. Toxicity symptoms include mental confusion, stupor, headache, vertigo, photophobia, dilated pupils, difficulty in micturition, bradycardia, tremulousness and languor, followed by wakefulness and restlessness (Milspaugh, 1974). Hutchens (1991) reported that it reduces sexual desire and was used for almost every nervous illness. Scutellaria baicalensis contains baicalin, baicalein and wogonin (European Medicines Agency, September 2010). It is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for treating inflammation, cancer, bacterial and viral infections of the lungs and gut and is one of the '50 Chinese herbs' in the lists of some authors. Scutellaria lateriflora (combined with Verbena officinalis, Passiflora incarnata and the seed of Avena sativa (oats) is licensed for use in Britain as a herbal medicine for temporary relief of mild symptoms of stress such as mild anxiety and to aid sleep, based upon traditional use only. Scutellaria baicalensis is not licensed for use in the UK (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley
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Conical flask with blue liquid
Adrian Wressell, Heart of England NHS FT
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Human eye with blue iris
Macroscopic Solutions
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Human eye with blue iris
Macroscopic Solutions
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Human eye with blue iris
Macroscopic Solutions
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Human eye with blue iris
Macroscopic Solutions
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A cat in white, red and blue, on a blue background.
Beales, David, 1954-Date: [approximately 2000]Reference: 3336223i
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A dominant blue form with blue and pink curved lines above it. Gouache by Margaret Parks, 1967.
Parks, Margaret, active approximately 1966-1967.Date: 16.11.1967 [11 November 1967]Reference: 3010866i
Part of: Adamson Collection
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[Burgundy: red yellow blue]
Donaldson Walters, SheilaDate: 1980
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Mitochondrion (blue) surrounded by cytoplasm
Dr David Furness
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Mitochondrion (blue) surrounded by cytoplasm
Dr David Furness
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A bird: a blue creeper. Coloured engraving.
Reference: 43115i
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Digital sphygmomanometer - lit with blue
Kate Whitley
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[Justin's poetry: Sky blue father]
Donaldson Walters, SheilaDate:

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Huts at Sennar, on the Blue Nile. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, c. 1920.

Istanbul: Ayasofia from the Blue Mosque. Engraving by D. Pronti after W. Reveley.

Huts at Sennar, on the Blue Nile. Watercolour by Mrs. Ethel Alec-Tweedie, c. 1920.

Blue stage of the spasmodic Cholera of a girls who dies in Sunderland, November 1831

A little girl holding up a sandwich; advertising the healthiness of Blue Band margarine. Colour lithograph, 195- (?).

Human anatomy, materia medica and surgical instruments according to the Tibetan "Blue beryl" treatise of Sangye Gyamtso. Watercolour.

The Great Blue Spring of the Lower Geyser basin, Yellowstone National Park. Colour lithograph by L. Prang after T. Moran.

Blue-coat Hospital, London: the front elevation, with horse-drawn and pedestrian traffic in the foreground. Wood engraving by R. Clayton.

The Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey: the bronze Serpentine Column with the Blue Mosque in the background. Photograph by Guillaume Berggren, ca. 1880.

A record cover entitled 'Red Hot Blue, a tribute to Cole Porter to benefit AIDS research and relief produced by EMI on 25 September 1990. Colour lithograph by Estudio Pedro Delgado, [1990].

Conical flask with blue liquid

Human eye with blue iris

Human eye with blue iris

Human eye with blue iris

Human eye with blue iris

A cat in white, red and blue, on a blue background.

A dominant blue form with blue and pink curved lines above it. Gouache by Margaret Parks, 1967.

[Burgundy: red yellow blue]

Mitochondrion (blue) surrounded by cytoplasm

Mitochondrion (blue) surrounded by cytoplasm

A bird: a blue creeper. Coloured engraving.

Digital sphygmomanometer - lit with blue

[Justin's poetry: Sky blue father]