Tea plant (Camellia sinensis): flowering stem with sectioned leaf and many floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Miller, c. 1771.

  • Miller, John, 1715-1790?
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10 December 1771
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24552i
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Tea plant (Camellia sinensis): flowering stem with sectioned leaf and many floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Miller, c. 1771. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Tea, long cultivated by the Chinese, became the world's most popular caffeine drink

Publication/Creation

[London] publish'd according to Act of Parliament, 10 December 1771.

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1 print : engraving, with watercolour

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Green tea. ; Painted & engraved by J. Miller Lettering includes figure numbers and letters for each illustration

Notes

Two copies of the print are held

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in "A Tea Journey: from the mountains to the table", Compton Verney, 6 July - 22 September 2019

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Wellcome Collection 24552i

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By John Frederick Miller?

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