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.

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

A flowering pelargonium plant (Pelargonium T̀he Baron'). Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews.

A bonsai tree on a rock and a cycad (Cycas revoluta) in a decorated pot with a Japanese watering vessel. Watercolour.

A plant (Fittonia argyroneura): leafy plant. Chromolithograph by L. van Houtte, c. 1865.

A leafy plant (Chlorophytum elatum), related to the spider plant. Chromolithograph by L. van Houtte, c. 1875.

A plant (Spathiphyllum minahassae T. & B. Tjariang Poetie): spadix and leaf with separate numbered sections of spadix, flower and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

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

1 print : line engraving with etching, with watercolour ; platemark 41 x 28.2 cm

1 print : lithograph, with tone ; image 37.9 x 29.7 cm

1 print : chromolithograph, with gum arabic

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House plants

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

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

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.

A plant (Fittonia argyroneura): leafy plant. Chromolithograph by L. van Houtte, c. 1865.

House plants

Images from the collections

Images referencing House plants

Works from the collections

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

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

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.

A plant (Fittonia argyroneura): leafy plant. Chromolithograph by L. van Houtte, c. 1865.

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