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Zincographs

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  • A tropical orchid (Trichopilia marginata): flowering plant. Coloured zincograph by L. Constans, c. 1851, after himself.
  • A fig plant (Ficus carica): fruiting stem and halved fruit. Coloured zincograph by J. Macfarlane, c. 1872, after himself.
  • Sir Richard Owen. Colour zincograph by F. Gillot, 1870.
  • Arabian coffee tree (Coffea arabica): flowering stem, fruit and seed. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • A nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina): fruiting stem and section of fruit. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.
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    A flowering pelargonium plant (Pelargonium Lòrd Derby'). Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews.

    Andrews, James, active 1830-1861. | Reference: 28036i
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    A plant (Senecio kaempferi): variegated leaf and entire potted plant. Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews, c. 1861, after himself.

    Andrews, James, active 1830-1861. | Date: [1861-71] | Reference: 26159i
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    A tropical orchid (Trichopilia marginata): flowering plant. Coloured zincograph by L. Constans, c. 1851, after himself.

    Constans, L., approximately 1850. | Date: [1850-51] | Reference: 26347i
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    A nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina): fruiting stem and section of fruit. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

    Rosenberg, C. T., active approximately 1850. | Date: [1850-51] | Reference: 26354i
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    Pineapple (Ananas comosus): large fruit on the end of a leafy stem. Coloured zincograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.

    Burnett, M. A., active 1850. | Date: [1839-42] | Reference: 23798i
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