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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
  • 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
    • Online
  • 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
    • Online
  • 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
  • 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 1788
    Reference
    20137i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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
    • Online
  • 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
    • Online
  • Heritiera fomes: flowering stem with floral segments. Line engraving by Mackenzie, c.1795.

    • Mackenzie.
    Date
    [1800]
    Reference
    20148i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A plant (Alyssum vesicaria): fruiting plant, leaves and fruit. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

    • Aubriet, Claude, 1665-1742.
    Date
    [1718]
    Reference
    20859i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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
    • Online
  • 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
    • Online
  • 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
    • Online
  • An asparagus plant (Asparagus aphyllus): plant with floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

    • Aubriet, Claude, 1665-1742.
    Date
    [1718]
    Reference
    20847i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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
    • Online
  • 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
  • Medlar (Mespilus germanica): fruiting stem, leaf and fruit segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

    • Aubriet, Claude, 1665-1742.
    Date
    [1718]
    Reference
    20869i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A daffodil (Narcissus species): two flowering stems, one in outline only. Etching, c. 1787.

    • Sayer, Robert, 1787-
    Date
    [1 July 1787]
    Reference
    24948i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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
    • Online
  • 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
    • Online
  • 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
    • Online
  • 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
    • Online
  • A damask rose (Rosa damascena): two flowering stems, one in outline only. Etching, c. 1787.

    • Sayer, Robert, 1787-
    Date
    [1 July 1787]
    Reference
    24950i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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 1796
    Reference
    20751i
    • Pictures
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