Henna plant (Lawsonia inermis): flowering stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1813.

Date:
1 February 1813
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25534i
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Henna plant (Lawsonia inermis): flowering stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1813. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The powdered leaves of henna give a green powder used to stain finger-nails, hair and used in Egypt to dye cloth for Egyptian mummies. The bark is medicinal

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London : published as the Act directs by G. Jones, 1 February 1813.

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 26.2 x 20 cm

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Lawsonia. smooth Lawsonia; the henna, or camphire, of Solomon's song. J. Pass sc.

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Wellcome Collection 25534i

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