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House plants

Images

  • Coleus plant (Solenostemon scutellarioides): leafy stem. Chromolithograph by L. van Houtte, c. 1877.
  • Spiderwort (Tradescantia discolor): leafy plant and separate numbered sections of inflorescence, flower and fruit with seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • Greenwich Pensioners variously sitting or standing in the colonnade of the "Helpless ward" at Greenwich Hospital. Lithograph by S. Rayner.
  • Pelargonium or geranium (Pelargonium bicolor): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Greenwich Pensioners variously sitting or standing in the colonnade of the "Helpless ward" at Greenwich Hospital. Lithograph by S. Rayner.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    A flowering pelargonium plant (Pelargonium Lòrd Derby'). Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews.

    Andrews, James, active 1830-1861. | Reference: 28036i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Two ladies indoors contemplate a house plant which is loosing its foliage. Mezzotint.

    | Reference: 26627i
    • Pictures
    • Online

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

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1776] | Reference: 18010i
    • Books

    Depressed girl seeks houseplant : a guide to low maintenance houseplants / by Laura Saunders.

    Saunders, Laura | Date: [2020]
    • Pictures

    Greenwich Pensioners variously sitting or standing in the colonnade of the "Helpless ward" at Greenwich Hospital. Lithograph by S. Rayner.

    Rayner, Samuel, active 1823-1874. | Reference: 33285i
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