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Foliage, Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1868/1871Reference: 18654i- Pictures
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Foliage, Hong Kong. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1981Reference: 18655i- Pictures
A young woman posing naked, peering through some foliage, she covers her eyes with the back of her hand.
Reference: 550030iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
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Two ladies indoors contemplate a house plant which is loosing its foliage. Mezzotint.
Reference: 26627i- Books
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New and rare beautiful-leaved plants : containing illustrations and descriptions of the most ornamental-foliaged plants not hitherto noticed in any work on the subject / by Shirley Hibberd.
Date: 1870- Books
New and rare beautiful-leaved plants; : containing illustrations and descriptions of the most ornamental-foliaged plants not hitherto noticed in any work on the subject / by Shirley Hibberd, Esq.
Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890.Date: 1870- Books
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Beautiful leaved plants : being a description of the most beautiful leaved plants in cultivation in this country, to which is added an extended catalogue / by E.J. Lowe, assisted by W. Howard.
Lowe, E. J. (Edward Joseph), 1825-1900.Date: 1866- Pictures
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Three species of fern, including a maidenhair fern (Adiantum species) and a clubmoss. Colour nature print by F. Branson, 1850.
Branson, Ferguson, active 1850.Date: 1850Reference: 23761i- Pictures
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Six pictures of foliage illustrating the general character of two trees - the plane (Platanus species) and walnut (Juglans regia). Lithograph after G. Barnard, c. 1849.
Barnard, George, 1807-1890.Date: [1849]Reference: 23784i- Pictures
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The male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas): fronds and part of rhizome. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
Date: 1853 [1854]Reference: 23766i- Pictures
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Olive tree (Olea europaea): flowering stem with fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1843]Reference: 23817i- Archives and manuscripts
Plant studies (artwork)
Date: 1978Reference: PP/RSI/B/1/1/4/10Part of: Rita Simon Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Audrey Amiss: Photograph album, c.Jan 1991
Date: c. January 1991Reference: PP/AMI/D/46Part of: Audrey Amiss Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Audrey Amiss: Photograph album, c.Nov 1991
Date: c. November 1991Reference: PP/AMI/D/65Part of: Audrey Amiss Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Audrey Amiss: Photograph album, c.Nov 1991
Date: c. November 1991Reference: PP/AMI/D/67Part of: Audrey Amiss Archive- Pictures
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A young woman seated on a low balustrade posing naked.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 533672iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Digital Images
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Harvesting sugar cane
The Leprosy Mission International- Pictures
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God stands in the centre of Eden; to the left he breathes life into Adam. Engraving by Scotin, c. 1765.
Date: c. 1765Reference: 20703i- Digital Images
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Achillea millefolium L. Asteraceae. Yarrow or sneezewort, the latter because ground up it made a snuff to induce sneezing. Evergreen, herbaceous perennial. Distribution: Europe, Asia and North America. Dioscorides calls it Achilles’ woundwort, sideritis, writing that the ground-up foliage closes bleeding wounds, relieves inflammation and stops uterine bleeding. Gerard (1633) says that put up one’s nose it causes a nosebleed and so stops migraines. Named for the Greek warrior, Achilles, who used this plant for healing wounds – having been taught its properties by his teacher, Chiron the centaur. Millefolium because of the thousands of fronds that make up the leaf, and which, when applied to a bleeding wound, facilitate coagulation by platelets. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Ephemera
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"Krao", the "missing link" : a living proof of Darwin's theory of the descent of man : special lectures, 2.30, 5.30 & 9.30... : all should see her : [jungle illustration].
Date: [1887]- Digital Images
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Krao - The Missing Link, reverse of handbill