Common vegetable and taproot of the species Daucus carota subsp. sativus and its associated cultivars.

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John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich, is following a young woman who is pushing a barrow of carrots through the West End of London. Process print after J. Gillray.

Eight British wild flowers, including wild carrot (Daucus carota), bur parsley (Caucalis) and hog's fennel (Peucedanum officinale). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

A carrot (Daucus carota): root with leaves. Watercolour.

Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Good conduct and healthy eating for American soldiers in the occupation of Paris. Colour lithograph, 1945.

Seasonal press : carrots / Compass Group Holdings plc.

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Cooking (Carrots)

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Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Eight British wild flowers, including wild carrot (Daucus carota), bur parsley (Caucalis) and hog's fennel (Peucedanum officinale). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

Good conduct and healthy eating for American soldiers in the occupation of Paris. Colour lithograph, 1945.

A carrot (Daucus carota): root with leaves. Watercolour.

Seasonal press : carrots / Compass Group Holdings plc.

Cooking (Carrots)

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Images referencing Cooking (Carrots)

Works from the collections

Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Eight British wild flowers, including wild carrot (Daucus carota), bur parsley (Caucalis) and hog's fennel (Peucedanum officinale). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

Good conduct and healthy eating for American soldiers in the occupation of Paris. Colour lithograph, 1945.

A carrot (Daucus carota): root with leaves. Watercolour.

Seasonal press : carrots / Compass Group Holdings plc.

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