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Betulaceae

Family of plants

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Betulaceae

11 images from works
  • A tree, possibly siver birch (Betula pendula). Pencil drawing.
  • Golden-leaved alder (Alnus species): leafy shoot. Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.
  • A hazel or filbert plant (Corylus species): fruiting branch with separate nut and leaf. Watercolour.
  • Hazel twig (Corylus avellana) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Leaves of birch (Betula species). Pen drawing with pencil.
  • Autumn leaves of alder (Alnus species). Watercolour drawing.
  • Three trees, possibly pines (Pinus species), with surrounding vegetation. Lithograph, c. 1822.
  • Leaves and twigs of lilac (Syringa), box (Buxus) and alder (Alnus). Watercolour, pencil and pen drawings.
  • Oak (Quercus robur), hazel (Corylus avellana) and hornbeam (Carpinus betulus): fruiting and flowering twigs. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • A tree, possibly a silver birch (Betula pendula), with surrounding vegetation. Lithograph, c. 1822.
  • Birch (Betula species): twigs and catkins. Pen and pencil drawings.

Works from the collections

12 works

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    Leaves of birch (Betula species). Pen drawing with pencil.

    | Reference: 22361i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Birch (Betula species): twigs and catkins. Pen and pencil drawings.

    | Reference: 22359i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A hazel or filbert plant (Corylus species): fruiting branch with separate nut and leaf. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 23389i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Leaves and twigs of lilac (Syringa), box (Buxus) and alder (Alnus). Watercolour, pencil and pen drawings.

    | Reference: 22388i
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    • Online

    Autumn leaves of alder (Alnus species). Watercolour drawing.

    | Reference: 22346i

Related topics

Plants
Botany
Twigs
Betula
Plant Leaves
Alder
Catkin-bearing plants
Corylus
Hazelnuts
Hazel

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