English botanical illustrator (17xx–18xx)

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A torch lily (Kniphofia alooides): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1799, after H. Andrews.

A plant (Petrophila teretifolia): flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1804, after H. Andrews.

A plant (Whiteheadia latifolia): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1804, after H. Andrews.

A sheoak or swamp oak (Casuarina stricta): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving, c. 1804, after H. Andrews.

A willow (Salix violacea): leafy and flowering branches with floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1804, after H. Andrews.

A plant (Hyacinthus corymbosus): entire flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1803, after H. Andrews.

A plant (Wurmbea capensis): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1802, after H. Andrews.

An orchid (Pogonia bulbosa): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1803, after H. Andrews.

A plant (Aspalathus glomerata): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1804, after H. Andrews.

A bird's-tongue plant (Ornithoglossum glaucum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1802, after H. Andrews.

A plant (Babiana ringens): flower, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1798, after H. Andrews.

A pelargonium (Pelargonium glaucum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1806, after H. Andrews.

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Henry Cranke Andrews

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Images by Henry Cranke Andrews

Works from the collections

A pelargonium (Pelargonium glaucum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1806, after H. Andrews.

A torch lily (Kniphofia alooides): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1799, after H. Andrews.

A sheoak or swamp oak (Casuarina stricta): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving, c. 1804, after H. Andrews.

An orchid (Pogonia bulbosa): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1803, after H. Andrews.

A willow (Salix violacea): leafy and flowering branches with floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1804, after H. Andrews.

Henry Cranke Andrews

Images from the collections

Images by Henry Cranke Andrews

Works from the collections

A pelargonium (Pelargonium glaucum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1806, after H. Andrews.

A torch lily (Kniphofia alooides): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1799, after H. Andrews.

A sheoak or swamp oak (Casuarina stricta): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving, c. 1804, after H. Andrews.

An orchid (Pogonia bulbosa): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1803, after H. Andrews.

A willow (Salix violacea): leafy and flowering branches with floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1804, after H. Andrews.

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