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Garden pansies (Viola cultivars): three flowers. Coloured aquatint, c. 1839.

Four British wild flowers, two violets and two species of heart's ease. Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour and gum arabic

Four flowering plants: a yellow monkey flower (Mimulus luteus) and three pansies (Viola cultivars). Coloured engraving by J. & J. Parkin, 1833, after C. W. Harrison.

<p>The music hall turn Rossi Ashton making swift sketches of 'pansy faces'. A possible play on words at a time when the term' pansy' meaning effeminate or queer was beginning to gain currency, particularly in the United States</p>

The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.

James Gardiner Collection: romantic fantasy and comic postcards, and photographs on gender and masculinity.

Rotary photographic eries

James Gardiner Collection: Romantic fantasy and comic postcards, and photographs on gender and masculinity.

1 photographic postcard ;  13.6 x 8.4 cm.

George Rossi Ashton drawing a man and a woman with pansies as faces. Photographic postcard, 190-.

1 print : chromolithograph, printed in colour

Pansies (Viola species): an assortment of flowers an a grassy bank. Chromolithograph by J. Ottman , c. 1872, after V. Dangon.

1 print : etching ; platemark 20.6 x 14.6 cm

A Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon), a harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) and a pansy (Viola species): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

1 photomechanical reproduction ; border 36.3 x 25.1 cm

Advertisement for 'St Jacobs oil'. Process print, 1890.

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image and text 26.9 x 21.2 cm

A bunch of flowering mallows and pansies. Coloured lithograph by E. Champin, c. 1850, after herself.

<p>Promotional card leaflet advertising C.L. Bencard Ltd.'s 'Paynocil' and 'Junior Paynocil'. One of a series with P.J. Redouté's flower paintings on the front, information about Paynocil and Junior Paynocil analgesic aspirin on the back. These would have been sent to general practitioners and other medical professionals on a  regular basis.</p>

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Garden pansies (Viola cultivars): three flowers. Coloured aquatint, c. 1839.

Four British wild flowers, two violets and two species of heart's ease. Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

Four flowering plants: a yellow monkey flower (Mimulus luteus) and three pansies (Viola cultivars). Coloured engraving by J. & J. Parkin, 1833, after C. W. Harrison.

George Rossi Ashton drawing a man and a woman with pansies as faces. Photographic postcard, 190-.

Pansies (Viola species): an assortment of flowers an a grassy bank. Chromolithograph by J. Ottman , c. 1872, after V. Dangon.

A Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon), a harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) and a pansy (Viola species): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

Advertisement for 'St Jacobs oil'. Process print, 1890.

A bunch of flowering mallows and pansies. Coloured lithograph by E. Champin, c. 1850, after herself.

Bouquet de pensées / P.J. Redouté.

Four British garden plants, including a paeony and poppy: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.

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Garden pansies (Viola cultivars): three flowers. Coloured aquatint, c. 1839.

Four British wild flowers, two violets and two species of heart's ease. Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

Four flowering plants: a yellow monkey flower (Mimulus luteus) and three pansies (Viola cultivars). Coloured engraving by J. & J. Parkin, 1833, after C. W. Harrison.

George Rossi Ashton drawing a man and a woman with pansies as faces. Photographic postcard, 190-.

Pansies (Viola species): an assortment of flowers an a grassy bank. Chromolithograph by J. Ottman , c. 1872, after V. Dangon.

A Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon), a harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) and a pansy (Viola species): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

Advertisement for 'St Jacobs oil'. Process print, 1890.

A bunch of flowering mallows and pansies. Coloured lithograph by E. Champin, c. 1850, after herself.

Bouquet de pensées / P.J. Redouté.

Four British garden plants, including a paeony and poppy: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.

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