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Kingcups (Caltha palustris) and pasque-flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.Date: [1865]Reference: 24694i
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Common or scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis f. caerulea (Schreber) Baumg.): flowering and fruiting stems with root and separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16846i
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An orchid (Cattleya guttata): flowers, leafy stem and petal. Coloured etching by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after Miss Drake.
Drake, S. A., active 1830-1840.Date: [1812-48]Reference: 26413i
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An orchid (Vanda caerulea): flowering stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 21238i
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Drypis spinosa L.: flowering stem with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17628i
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An anemone (Anemone hortensis): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1790.
Date: 1 June 1790Reference: 25809i
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Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis): flowering stem with leaves and separate roots. Partially coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
Gower, Charlotte.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24383i
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Seven British garden plants, including a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
Date: 1834Reference: 27445i
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Four plants, including feverfew (Tanacetum species) and a tulip (Tulipa variegata): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
Robert, Nicolas, 1614-1685.Date: [c. 1660]Reference: 24938i
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A bunch of flowering geraniums and sweet peas. Coloured lithograph by E. Champin, ca. 1850.
Champin, Elisa-Honorine, -1871.Date: 1850Reference: 27102i
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A damask rose (Rosa damascena): two flowering stems, one in outline only. Etching, c. 1787.
Date: [1 July 1787]Reference: 24950i
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An orchid (Phaius albus): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 27215i
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Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and bulb and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18234i
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An orchid (Cattleya Schofieldianum): flowering stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 21194i
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Two sprigs of flowers, including lilies, carnations and Auricula, meant as designs for embroidery. Etching with engraving after W. Kilburn, 1775.
Kilburn, William, 1745-1818.Date: [20 July 1776]Reference: 24528i
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Seven plants, including two orchids and two hawthorns: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
Date: 1836Reference: 27792i
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Maple tree (Acer) and black thorn or sloe (Prunus spinosa). Soft-ground etching with aquatint by J. Laporte, c. 1796, after himself.
Laporte, John, 1761-1839.Date: 22 February 1796Reference: 20751i
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Garden pansies (Viola cultivars): three flowers. Coloured aquatint, c. 1839.
Date: [1839]Reference: 25304i
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Bird-of-paradise plant (Strelitzia reginae): flower and leaf. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
Reference: 22163i
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Glory pea (Clianthus puniceus): flowering stem, pod and seed. Coloured etching by S. Watts, c. 1835, after Miss Drake.
Drake, S. A., active 1830-1840.Date: [1812-48]Reference: 26406i
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Seven plants, including two orchids and two hawthorns: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
Date: 1836Reference: 27722i
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Seven plants, including three orchids and a broom: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
Date: 1836Reference: 27796i
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Alkanet (Anchusa tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by C. H. Hemerich, c. 1759, after T. Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18159i
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A gladiolus cultivar (Gladiolus Lady Alice Hill): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1868, after W. H. Fitch.
Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892.Date: 1868Reference: 28134i
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Dutch crocus (Crocus vernus): four diagrams of a whole and sectioned flowering plant. Partially coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24391i