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John Martyn

British botanist (1699-1768)

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Field of work
Botany
Philology, Classical

Images from the collections

Images by John Martyn

7 images from works
  • A plant (Cotyledon africana): flowering stem, with coat of arms of the dedicatee. Colour mezzotint by E. Kirkall, c.1728, after J. van Huysum.
  • Michaelmas daisy (Aster amellus): flowering stem. Colour mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • Citron (Citrus medica): flowering branch. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • The philosophical transactions (from the year 1732, to the year 1744) abridged, and disposed under general heads : the Latin papers being translated into English / By John Martyn ... In two volumes.
  • Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon): flowering stem. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • Olive (Olea europaea) and Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia): flowering branches and floral segments. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • Honeywort (Cerinthe major): flowering stem. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.

Works from the collections

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Frequent collaborators

Jacob van Huysum
Elisha Kirkall
Royal Society
Plants, Cultivated
Botany - Pre-Linnean works
Societies, Scientific
Science