Dyer's rocket plant (Reseda luteola) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Date:
1 September 1831
Reference:
24218i
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Dyer's rocket plant (Reseda luteola) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Dyer's rocket yields a yellow dye used since Neolithic times, especially for silk and wedding garments by Romans

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London : J. Curtis, 1 September 1831.

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1 print : etching, with watercolour and gum arabic ; platemark 20.1 x 11.7 cm

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Wellcome Collection 24218i

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