Study of the internal structure of plants

A crocus (Crocus stellaris): entire flowering plant and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1812.

Various leaf forms, leaf venation, bud arrangements and woody stems. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.

Cluster of fruit of a date palm (Phoenix dactylifera). Colour aquatint by G. Carocci, 1838, after I. Palmerini, 1837.

A fern, a moss, a fungus and an alga: all with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

Pollinia (clumps of pollen) of the butterfly habenaria orchid (Habenaria bifolia) on a single stamen. Watercolour, 1892.

Banana plant (Musa species): flowering and fruiting plant with stolons and separate floral segments and sectioned fruit, also a description of the plant's growth, anatomical labels and a scale bar. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1742, after himself.

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

Two examples of flowering plant stems: a clary (Salvia sclarea) and lime (Tilia species). Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Microscope drawings of plant cells in glass tubes. Coloured lithograph by C. Varley, c.1834.

Four examples of thorny or hairy plant stems: a rose, barberry, plum and stinging nettle. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Three different flowers and two fruit with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

Ten different forms of plant stem and two anatomical sections. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 24.3 x 19.4 cm

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 24.6 x 19.4 cm

Fourteen different forms of plant stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 26.3 x 20.1 cm

Three mosses (Neckera species) with anatomical detail and five carrion eater beetles (Necydalis species). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1818.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 20.2 x 11.8 cm

Four examples of single flowers: a deadly nightshade, thorn apple, periwinkle and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Dutch crocus (Crocus vernus): four diagrams of a whole and sectioned flowering plant. Partially coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

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Plant anatomy

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Three different flowers and two fruit with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

Fourteen different forms of plant stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

Three mosses (Neckera species) with anatomical detail and five carrion eater beetles (Necydalis species). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1818.

Four examples of single flowers: a deadly nightshade, thorn apple, periwinkle and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Dutch crocus (Crocus vernus): four diagrams of a whole and sectioned flowering plant. Partially coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

Plant anatomy

Images from the collections

Images referencing Plant anatomy

Works from the collections

Three different flowers and two fruit with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

Fourteen different forms of plant stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

Three mosses (Neckera species) with anatomical detail and five carrion eater beetles (Necydalis species). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1818.

Four examples of single flowers: a deadly nightshade, thorn apple, periwinkle and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Dutch crocus (Crocus vernus): four diagrams of a whole and sectioned flowering plant. Partially coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

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