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Images referencing Botanical illustration

17 images from works
  • Cuckoo-pint (arummaculatum) : the second in a series of herb paintings by Ernest Petts.
  • Scilla : Scilloral das aus der Meerzwiebel bereitete, gut verträgliche Herzmittel mit leicht steuerbarer Wirkung.
  • Scilla : Scilloral das aus der Meerzwiebel bereitete, gut verträgliche Herzmittel mit leicht steuerbarer Wirkung.
  • Hortus Cliffortianus plantas exhibens quas in hortis tam vivis quam siccis, Hartecampi in Hollandia / coluit ... Georgius Clifford ... reductis varietatibus ad species, speciebus ad genera, generibus ad classes, adjectis locis plantarum natalibus differentiisque specierum. Cum tabulis aeneis. Auctore Carolo Linnaeo.
  • John James Dillenius. Stipple engraving by J. Heath.
  • Fac-simile of the inlaid work on the tomb at Agra, called Taje-Mahal, or Crown of the Seraglio. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1781.
  • Scilla : Scilloral das aus der Meerzwiebel bereitete, gut verträgliche Herzmittel mit leicht steuerbarer Wirkung.
  • Cuckoo-pint (arummaculatum) : the second in a series of herb paintings by Ernest Petts.
  • Colchicum autumnale, colchique d'automne : Bencard : British pharmaceutical products.
  • Cupid inspiring plants with Love, in a tropical landscape. Coloured stipple engraving by T.Burke, ca. 1805, after P. Reinagle.
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Works from the collections

49 works

    • Books

    Early floral engravings : all 110 plates from the 1612 "Florilegium" / by Emanuel Sweerts ; edited by E.F. Bleiler.

    | Emanuel Sweert | Date: [1976]
    • Books

    Botanical sketchbooks / Helen & William Bynum.

    | William F. Bynum | Date: 2017
    • Pictures

    John James Dillenius. Stipple engraving by J. Heath.

    | Reference: 2522i
    • Books

    Catalogue of the botanical art collection at the Hunt Institute / [Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation] ; compiled by James J. White with the assistance of Elizabeth R. Smith.

    | Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation | Date: 1985-
    • Books

    The treasury of flowers / Alice M. Coats.

    | Alice Margaret Coats | Date: 1975
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Related topics

Botany
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
Plants in art
Flowers in art
History, 16th Century
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Drug Industry
Italy

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