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Long-stalked cranesbill (Geranium columbinum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Two flowers from different varieties of pelargonium (Pelargonium species). Coloured lithograph.

An ornamental geranium (Geranium species): flowering stem. Watercolour.

Pelargonium or geranium (Pelargonium bicolor): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Three flowers from different varieties of pelargonium (Pelargonium species). Coloured engraving by D. Hayes, 1842, after A. Penley.

A double-flowered geranium (Geranium species) Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.

Four flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one a Geranium species. Watercolour, c. 1870.

A cranesbill (Geranium species): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

A bunch of flowering geraniums and sweet peas. Coloured lithograph by E. Champin, ca. 1850.

Cranesbill (Geranium sibiricum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Cranesbill (Geranium sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

A pelargonium (Pelargonium glaucum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1806, after H. Andrews.

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Geranium

Images from the collections

Images referencing Geranium

Works from the collections

A bunch of flowering geraniums and sweet peas. Coloured lithograph by E. Champin, ca. 1850.

A pelargonium (Pelargonium glaucum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1806, after H. Andrews.

Four flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one a Geranium species. Watercolour, c. 1870.

Pelargonium or geranium (Pelargonium bicolor): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Three flowers from different varieties of pelargonium (Pelargonium species). Coloured engraving by D. Hayes, 1842, after A. Penley.

Geranium

Images from the collections

Images referencing Geranium

Works from the collections

A bunch of flowering geraniums and sweet peas. Coloured lithograph by E. Champin, ca. 1850.

A pelargonium (Pelargonium glaucum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1806, after H. Andrews.

Four flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one a Geranium species. Watercolour, c. 1870.

Pelargonium or geranium (Pelargonium bicolor): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Three flowers from different varieties of pelargonium (Pelargonium species). Coloured engraving by D. Hayes, 1842, after A. Penley.

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