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.

1 print : line engraving with etching, with watercolour ; platemark 42.3 x 22.2 cm

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 57.7. x 41.3 cm

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

An account of the culture of carrots : and their great use in feeding and fattening cattle / by Robert Billing ... published by desire of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce at London.

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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.

An account of the culture of carrots : and their great use in feeding and fattening cattle / by Robert Billing ... published by desire of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce at London.

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.

An account of the culture of carrots : and their great use in feeding and fattening cattle / by Robert Billing ... published by desire of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce at London.

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