German explorer and naturalist (1826-1882)

Old trunk of a toddy palm tree (Caryota urens). Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit.

Bengal: the jheels (shallow expansive lake) at high water. Lithograph.

Palmyra palm trees (Borassus flabellifer) near Madras, India. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1855.

Young juniper tree (Juniperus nigra) on a ridge top in Nepal. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1855.

Old poplar tree (Populus euphrasica) with stone monuments in Ladák, Kashmir. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1856.

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Hermann von Schlagintweit

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Images by Hermann von Schlagintweit

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Bengal: the jheels (shallow expansive lake) at high water. Lithograph.

Old poplar tree (Populus euphrasica) with stone monuments in Ladák, Kashmir. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1856.

Old trunk of a toddy palm tree (Caryota urens). Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit.

Palmyra palm trees (Borassus flabellifer) near Madras, India. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1855.

Young juniper tree (Juniperus nigra) on a ridge top in Nepal. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1855.

Hermann von Schlagintweit

Images from the collections

Images by Hermann von Schlagintweit

Works from the collections

Bengal: the jheels (shallow expansive lake) at high water. Lithograph.

Old poplar tree (Populus euphrasica) with stone monuments in Ladák, Kashmir. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1856.

Old trunk of a toddy palm tree (Caryota urens). Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit.

Palmyra palm trees (Borassus flabellifer) near Madras, India. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1855.

Young juniper tree (Juniperus nigra) on a ridge top in Nepal. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1855.

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