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  • A poppy capsule (Papaver species), and two flowering stems. Watercolour.

    Reference
    23040i
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  • A plant, possibly a Corydalis species: entire flowering plant. Watercolour.

    Reference
    22953i
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  • A California poppy (Eschscholzia californica): flowering stems and pod. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.

    • Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909.
    Date
    [1879-1887]
    Reference
    24346i
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  • Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.

    • Curtis, William, 1746-1799.
    Date
    1788
    Reference
    25806i
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  • Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

    • Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.
    Date
    [1865]
    Reference
    24676i
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  • Nine plants, including three orchids, a phlox and a delphinium: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

    Date
    1837
    Reference
    27836i
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  • Fumitory (Fumaria glauca): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1792.

    • Curtis, William, 1746-1799.
    Date
    1 January 1792
    Reference
    25813i
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  • Four British garden plants, including a clematis: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

    • Sweet, Robert, 1783-1835.
    Date
    1837
    Reference
    27396i
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  • Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum): white flowers, seed capsule and seeds. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

    • Burnett, M. A., active 1850.
    Date
    [1853]
    Reference
    23992i
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  • Prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana): flowering stem with caterpillar and insect. Etching by J. Pass, c. 1798, after J. Ihle.

    • Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.
    Date
    22 January 1798
    Reference
    25375i
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  • Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.): flowering stems with separate whole and sectioned fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Reference
    17243i
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  • Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum Crantz.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Reference
    17307i
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  • Four British garden plants, including a paeony and poppy: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.

    • Sweet, Robert, 1783-1835.
    Date
    1835
    Reference
    27342i
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  • Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum): flowering and fruiting plants. Colour process print, c. 1924.

    Date
    [1924]
    Reference
    25597i
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  • Five flowering plants, one possibly a voodoo lily (Sauromatum venosum). Watercolour, c. 1870.

    Date
    1870
    Reference
    28614i
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  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

    • Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870.
    Date
    1861
    Reference
    24536i
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  • Red poppy (Papaver rhoeas): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

    • Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.
    Date
    [1865]
    Reference
    24674i
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  • A flower and stem, possibly of a double poppy (Papaver species). Ink drawing, c.1621.

    Date
    1621
    Reference
    21831i
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  • Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum): flowering and fruiting stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.

    • Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909.
    Date
    [1877-1900]
    Reference
    24510i
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  • A plant (Glaucium sp.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Reference
    17305i
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  • A plant, possibly a Corydalis species: flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Watercolour.

    Reference
    23275i
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  • Histoire naturelle, médicale et économique, des pavots et des argémones.

    • Viguier, L. G. Alexandre, 1790-1867.
    Date
    1814
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  • A wild poppy (Papaver argemone): flowering stems and leaf. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.

    • Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909.
    Date
    [1877-1900]
    Reference
    24509i
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  • A Christmas rose (Helleborus niger), a poppy (Papaver species) and borage (Borago officinalis): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

    • Robert, Nicolas, 1614-1684.
    Date
    [c. 1660]
    Reference
    24913i
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  • Five British wild flowers, three Corydalis species, and two similar fumitory species. Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

    • Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879.
    Date
    [1846]
    Reference
    24625i
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