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Seven garden plants, including an orchid: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Top, muscles of the abdomen and hip; bottom, the plant asafoetida. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

King Arcesilaus of Cyrenaica overseeing the packaging of silphium (the country's main source of income) into ships for export. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1937, after a Spartan cylix, c. 580-550 B.C.

Asafoetida plant (Ferula assa-foetida): flowering stem, leaves, seeds and root. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1806, after J. Ihle.

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Seven garden plants, including an orchid: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Top, muscles of the abdomen and hip; bottom, the plant asafoetida. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

Asafoetida plant (Ferula assa-foetida): flowering stem, leaves, seeds and root. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1806, after J. Ihle.

King Arcesilaus of Cyrenaica overseeing the packaging of silphium (the country's main source of income) into ships for export. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1937, after a Spartan cylix, c. 580-550 B.C.