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Bramble (Rubus species): flowering and fruiting stems with leaf. Coloured engraving, c. 1829, after J. Sowerby.

Autumn leaves of hawthorn (Crataegus). Watercolour drawing.

<p>Saint Bruno and Saint Jerome are present due to the commission of the painting by a Carthusian monastery for which they were patron saints</p>

La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna

The deposition of Christ from the cross; the holy women mourn. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Massari.

1 print : etching ; platemark 17 x 11.4 cm

An asparagus plant (Asparagus aphyllus): plant with floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 55.7 x 38.3 cm

Venus pulling a thorn from her foot in beautiful countryside. Engraving by P. Audouin, after P. Bouillon after Raphael.

<p>Sappanwood heartwood was formerly the source of a red dye</p>

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 25.5 x 20.2 cm

Sappanwood tree (Caesalpinia sappan): flowering branch, pod and thorns. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.

A peasant without shoes removing a thorn (?) from his foot, a dog accompanies him. Etching by J. Miel.

Christ's thorn plant (Ziziphus spina-christi): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1817.

Various leaf forms, leaf arrangements and bulbs. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.

1 print : lithograph with tint plate, with watercolour ; image 38 x 52.7 cm

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Bramble (Rubus species): flowering and fruiting stems with leaf. Coloured engraving, c. 1829, after J. Sowerby.

Autumn leaves of hawthorn (Crataegus). Watercolour drawing.

The deposition of Christ from the cross; the holy women mourn. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Massari.

An asparagus plant (Asparagus aphyllus): plant with floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

Venus pulling a thorn from her foot in beautiful countryside. Engraving by P. Audouin, after P. Bouillon after Raphael.

Sappanwood tree (Caesalpinia sappan): flowering branch, pod and thorns. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.

A peasant without shoes removing a thorn (?) from his foot, a dog accompanies him. Etching by J. Miel.

Christ's thorn plant (Ziziphus spina-christi): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1817.

Various leaf forms, leaf arrangements and bulbs. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.

Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): twenty one different anatomical segments of the plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.

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Bramble (Rubus species): flowering and fruiting stems with leaf. Coloured engraving, c. 1829, after J. Sowerby.

Autumn leaves of hawthorn (Crataegus). Watercolour drawing.

The deposition of Christ from the cross; the holy women mourn. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Massari.

An asparagus plant (Asparagus aphyllus): plant with floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

Venus pulling a thorn from her foot in beautiful countryside. Engraving by P. Audouin, after P. Bouillon after Raphael.

Sappanwood tree (Caesalpinia sappan): flowering branch, pod and thorns. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.

A peasant without shoes removing a thorn (?) from his foot, a dog accompanies him. Etching by J. Miel.

Christ's thorn plant (Ziziphus spina-christi): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1817.

Various leaf forms, leaf arrangements and bulbs. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.

Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): twenty one different anatomical segments of the plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.

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