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A wild rose (Rosa dicksoni): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1831, after J. Sowerby.

Rose hips and leaves. Watercolour and pen drawings.

Four fruiting plants, a rose, a strawberry, a fig and a lemon, all with different types of pericarp. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

Three fruiting plant stems, including a rose, a liliaceous plant and a tree with red berries. Watercolour.

A fruiting rose (Rosa species) on the left, a flowering plant on the right. Watercolour.

A wild rose (Rosa dumetorum): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving, c. 1829, after J. Sowerby.

Dog rose (Rosa canina): flowering stem, flower, fruit and bud. Coloured engraving, c. 1830, after J. Sowerby.

Eglantine rose (Rosa eglanteria): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1802.

Dog rose (Rosa canina): flowering stem, leaf and fruit. Coloured engraving, c. 1829, after J. Sowerby.

A wild rose (Rosa involuta): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1809.

Burnet rose (Rosa spinosissima): flowering stem, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.

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Rose hips

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Images referencing Rose hips

Works from the collections

A wild rose (Rosa involuta): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1809.

A wild rose (Rosa dicksoni): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1831, after J. Sowerby.

Rose hips and leaves. Watercolour and pen drawings.

A wild rose (Rosa dumetorum): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving, c. 1829, after J. Sowerby.

A fruiting rose (Rosa species) on the left, a flowering plant on the right. Watercolour.

Rose hips

Images from the collections

Images referencing Rose hips

Works from the collections

A wild rose (Rosa involuta): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1809.

A wild rose (Rosa dicksoni): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1831, after J. Sowerby.

Rose hips and leaves. Watercolour and pen drawings.

A wild rose (Rosa dumetorum): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving, c. 1829, after J. Sowerby.

A fruiting rose (Rosa species) on the left, a flowering plant on the right. Watercolour.

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