Thistles
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A plant (Carduus pycnocephalus L.) related to Scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate flowers and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17614i
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Two plants of the Compositae family: a flowering thistle (left) and yellow chrysanthemum (right). Watercolour.
Reference: 23600i
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A thistle (Carduus acanthoides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 September 1830Reference: 24158i
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A figure composed of barrels batters the drooping head of a thistle; representing the forced resignation of Lord Melville following implications of malversation and the vote on Whitbread's motion. Aquatint by J. Sayer, 1805.
James SayersDate: 26 June 1805Reference: 25936i
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A thistle in the centre with a boar to the left facing a mastiff to the right, all surrounded by various plants and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
Wenceslaus HollarDate: [1674]Reference: 24376i