171 results filtered with: Botany - History - 18th century
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Scabious (Scabiosa syriaca): flowering stem with floral segments. Line engraving by J. Hill, c. 1772, after himself.
Hill, John, active 1716-1720.Date: [1759-1775]Reference: 20744i- Pictures
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Dryandra nivea: flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.
Redouté, Pierre Joseph, 1759-1840.Date: [1798]Reference: 18520i- Pictures
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A plant (Lycium aethiopicum): flowering stem and floral segments. Watercolour by G. D. Ehret, 1736.
Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.Date: [spring 1736]Reference: 28364i- Pictures
Flower and roots of a red lily (Lilium carolinianum) and a whampum snake (Coluber fasciatus). Etching by M. Catesby, c.1731, after himself.
Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749.Date: [1731-1749]Reference: 21005i- Pictures
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Krakatoa: fan palm (Chamaerops humilis L.) with surrounding tropical forest and native woman. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.
Webber, John, 1751-1793.Date: 1 August 1788Reference: 20137i- Pictures
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Itea virginica L.: flowering stem with separate, labelled floral segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.Date: [1750-53]Reference: 18410i- Pictures
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Papaya, pawpaw or melon tree (Carica papaya L.): flowering and fruiting tree with flowers and fruit lying on the ground beneath. Etching by G. D. Ehret, 1742, after himself.
Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.Reference: 18634i- Pictures
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Heritiera fomes: flowering stem with floral segments. Line engraving by Mackenzie, c.1795.
Date: [1800]Reference: 20148i- Pictures
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A plant (Alyssum vesicaria): fruiting plant, leaves and fruit. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
Aubriet, Claude, 1665-1742.Date: [1718]Reference: 20859i- Pictures
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A plant (Brucea species): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured etching by J.F. Miller, c.1796, after himself.
Miller, John Frederick, active 1772-1796.Date: [1796]Reference: 20477i- Pictures
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Trunk and branch of a sacred, East Indian "dragtoe" tree, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.
Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727.Date: [1718]Reference: 20300i- Pictures
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Cedar (Cedrus sp.): tree with separate segments of cones and leaves. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D.Ehret.
Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.Date: [1750-53]Reference: 18377i- Pictures
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An asparagus plant (Asparagus aphyllus): plant with floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
Aubriet, Claude, 1665-1742.Date: [1718]Reference: 20847i- Pictures
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Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): flower and young fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.
Forbes, James, 1749-1819.Date: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20096i- Pictures
Broom (Genista sibirica): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.
Schultz, Franz Johann.Date: [1792-1804]Reference: 20787i- Pictures
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Medlar (Mespilus germanica): fruiting stem, leaf and fruit segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
Aubriet, Claude, 1665-1742.Date: [1718]Reference: 20869i- Pictures
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A daffodil (Narcissus species): two flowering stems, one in outline only. Etching, c. 1787.
Date: [1 July 1787]Reference: 24948i- Pictures
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Terpentine tree bough (Pistacia terebinthus L.) and goel nasranie flowers. Line engraving by M. Pool after C. de Bruins, 1705.
Pool, Matthys, 1670-approximately 1732.Date: [1718]Reference: 20296i- Pictures
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Bushy hawkweed (Hieracium umbellatum): flowering and fruiting plant with floral segments. Coloured engraving, c.1777, after S. Edwards.
Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819.Date: [1777]Reference: 20472i- Pictures
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A plant (Cotyledon africana): flowering stem, with coat of arms of the dedicatee. Colour mezzotint by E. Kirkall, c.1728, after J. van Huysum.
Huysum, Jacob van, approximately 1687-approximately 1740.Date: [1728]Reference: 20493i- Pictures
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Relhania squarrosa: flowering stem and floral segments. Line engraving by S. Voysard, c. 1788, after J. Sowerby.
Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.Date: [1788]Reference: 20733i- Pictures
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A damask rose (Rosa damascena): two flowering stems, one in outline only. Etching, c. 1787.
Date: [1 July 1787]Reference: 24950i- Pictures
Two scabious plants (Scabiosa ucranica and Scabiosa graminifolia): flowering stems with floral segments. Line engraving by J. Hill, c. 1772, after himself.
Hill, John, active 1716-1720.Date: [1759-1775]Reference: 20748i- Pictures
Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior): leaves, flowers and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.
Schultz, Franz Johann.Date: [1792-1804]Reference: 20783i- Pictures
Maple tree (Acer) and black thorn or sloe (Prunus spinosa). Soft-ground etching with aquatint by J. Laporte, c. 1796, after himself.
Laporte, John, 1761-1839.Date: 22 February 1796Reference: 20751i