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Images about Fruit trees

34 images from works
  • Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.
  • Two fruiting tree branches, possibly a Sorbus and Prunus species. Watercolour.
  • Three British fruit trees, sloe (Prunus spinosa), wild cherry (Prunus avium) and bird cherry (Prunus padus). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
  • A stone fruit tree, possibly a plum (Prunus species): fruiting branch and seed. Watercolour.
  • A pear (Pyrus species): flowering branch. Watercolour.
  • A cudweed plant (Gnaphalium species), mandrake plant (Mandragora officinarum) and breadfruit tree (Artocarpus atilis). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
  • A woman breast feeding a child and plucking a fruit from an abundant tree, two of her other children are also with her. Engraving by J. Frey, 1732, after F. Albani.
  • A species of Sapotaceae: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Citron (Citrus medica): flowering branch. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • The month September and the sign of Libra, represented by people gathering fruit from trees and the parable of the barren fig tree. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.
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Works from the collections

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    A species of Sapotaceae: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

    | Date: [1683] | Reference: 15951i
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    Jak tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) with fruit in the Society Islands. Pen drawing.

    | Reference: 22094i
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    Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

    | Date: [1671] | Reference: 24654i
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    Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.

    | Date: [1683] | Reference: 15866i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A cudweed plant (Gnaphalium species), mandrake plant (Mandragora officinarum) and breadfruit tree (Artocarpus atilis). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

    | Date: [1827] | Reference: 27951i
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Related topics

Plants, Edible
Tropical fruit
Fruit
Plants
Plants, Cultivated
Botany
Tropical plants
Plants, Useful
Trees
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