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1 print : lithograph, printed in red/pink, black and white ; sheet 57.7 x 44.8 cm

A bite mark in a piece of melon representing a message to enjoy the richness of life as part of a fact sheet on how you can and cannot get AIDS; an advertisement by INSA International Services Assocation in India. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

A plant, possibly a melon (Cucumis melo): flowering and fruiting stem with segments of the fruit. Watercolour.

<p>Cucumis melo is also known as musk melon, sweet melon or canteloupe</p>

1 print : line engraving with etching, with watercolour ; platemark 45.6 x 27 cm

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A bite mark in a piece of melon representing a message to enjoy the richness of life as part of a fact sheet on how you can and cannot get AIDS; an advertisement by INSA International Services Assocation in India. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

A plant, possibly a melon (Cucumis melo): flowering and fruiting stem with segments of the fruit. Watercolour.

Melon (Cucumis melo L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate whole and sectioned mature fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Two melon fruits, a honeydew melon (Cucumis melo) and water melon (Citrullus lanatus) Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.

Plates of a cleft fossil, melons of stone and the ruined church of St. Iuan d'Akari. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, c.1704.

A càntaloupe' melon (Cucumis melo subsp. melo): one opened fruit and many fruits under cultivation. Chromolithograph, c. 1890.

Melon (Cucumis melo): stem with large fruit and flowers. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.

A man carrying a large basket filled with melons on his back he is offering one to a woman who smells it. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.

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A bite mark in a piece of melon representing a message to enjoy the richness of life as part of a fact sheet on how you can and cannot get AIDS; an advertisement by INSA International Services Assocation in India. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

A plant, possibly a melon (Cucumis melo): flowering and fruiting stem with segments of the fruit. Watercolour.

Melon (Cucumis melo L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate whole and sectioned mature fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Two melon fruits, a honeydew melon (Cucumis melo) and water melon (Citrullus lanatus) Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.

Plates of a cleft fossil, melons of stone and the ruined church of St. Iuan d'Akari. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, c.1704.

A càntaloupe' melon (Cucumis melo subsp. melo): one opened fruit and many fruits under cultivation. Chromolithograph, c. 1890.

Melon (Cucumis melo): stem with large fruit and flowers. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.

A man carrying a large basket filled with melons on his back he is offering one to a woman who smells it. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.

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