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Columbines

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  • A flowering plant, possibly an Aquilegia species, with two small segments of other plant stems. Watercolour.
  • A columbine (Aquilegia canadensis): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.
  • Four plants, including a fritillary (Fritillaria) and a wood buttercup (Ranunculus nemorosus): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Six flowering plants, possibly including a gorse, an Allium species and two Aquilegia species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
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    Six flowering plants, possibly including a gorse, an Allium species and two Aquilegia species. Watercolour, c. 1870.

    | Date: 1870 | Reference: 3338943i.45
    Part of: Japanese watercolour paintings of flowers.
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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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    Five flowering plants, two possibly Aquilegia species. Watercolour, c. 1870.

    | Date: 1870 | Reference: 3338943i.38
    Part of: Japanese watercolour paintings of flowers.
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    A flowering plant, possibly an Aquilegia species, with two small segments of other plant stems. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 23123i
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    Four plants, including a fritillary (Fritillaria) and a wood buttercup (Ranunculus nemorosus): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

    Robert, Nicolas, 1614-1685. | Date: [c. 1660] | Reference: 24934i
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