Sloe or blackthorn (Prunus spinosa L.): flowering stem with separate fruit and segments of flower and fruit, also 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.
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[1759]
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18236i
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Sloe or blackthorn (Prunus spinosa L.): flowering stem with separate fruit and segments of flower and fruit, also a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Sloe fruit is used in liqueurs, the wood for turnery and the leaves for tea substitutes

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[London], [1759]

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1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 35 x 20.5 cm

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The sloe or black thorn ... T.Sheldrake delin. C.H.Hemerich sculp. The name of the plant is listed in nine languages and a description of it and its uses are given in english

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Wellcome Collection 18236i

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