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Images referencing Gourds

11 images from works
  • South Africa: Zulu women brewing beer. Coloured lithograph by G.F. Angas, 1849.
  • Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): flowering stem with separate sectioned fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • South Africa: Zulu women brewing beer. Coloured lithograph by G.F. Angas, 1849.
  • Calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria): fruiting plant growing under a palm. Engraving.
  • Wax gourd (Benincasa hispida): one box shaped fruit. Watercolour.
  • African people brewing pombe beside a pile of sorghum grain. Wood engraving by J. B. Zwecker.
  • Three plants, including a calabash-tree (Crescentia cujete) with starfish and sea urchins in an exotic tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.
  • Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): whole and sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Two pictures: two women pounding grain and African people brewing pombe. Lithograph with tint plate.
  • Gherkin (Cucumis anguria L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Still life of fruits, including gourds, cucumbers, figs and grapes. Engraving by J-B Haussard after Boisseau.

Works from the collections

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    Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): whole and sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1776] | Reference: 18107i
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    African people brewing pombe beside a pile of sorghum grain. Wood engraving by J. B. Zwecker.

    | Reference: 25430i
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    Wax gourd (Benincasa hispida): one box shaped fruit. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 22593i
    • Pictures
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    Two pictures: two women pounding grain and African people brewing pombe. Lithograph with tint plate.

    | Reference: 25431i
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    Gherkin (Cucumis anguria L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

    | Date: [1772] | Reference: 16732i
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Related topics

Tropical plants
Plants, Useful
Cucurbitaceae
Plants
Plants, Cultivated
Plants, Edible
Botany
Climbing plants
History, 18th Century
African People

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