Lady's bedstraw (Galium verum L.): entire flowering plant with separate enlarged flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Date:
[1772]
Reference:
16744i
  • Pictures
  • Online

Available online

view Lady's bedstraw (Galium verum L.): entire flowering plant with separate enlarged flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Public Domain Mark

You can use this work for any purpose without restriction under copyright law. Read more about this licence.

Credit

Lady's bedstraw (Galium verum L.): entire flowering plant with separate enlarged flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Selected images from this work

View 1 image

About this work

Description

The roots of lady's bedstraw give a red dye, the juice was used to curdle milk, the leaves are diuretic and purgative and were used medicinally and dried whole plants were used to fill matresses

Publication/Creation

[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1772]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.8 x 22.9 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Gallium luteum. C.B.Pin.335. - T.115. Gall. Caillelait jaune

Reference

Wellcome Collection 16744i

Type/Technique

Languages

Subjects

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores

Permanent link