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Quassia

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  • John Bull as the patient of promotors of competing therapies; representing British parliamentary reform. Aquatint by S. de Wilde, 1809.
  • A triumphant American slave woman representing quassia (ingredient in acoholic drinks) is carried aloft by two brewers; representing the outcry against a tax on private brewing (?). Etching by J. Gillray, 1806.
  • Surinam quassia wood (Quassia amara): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • Niepa Bark Tree (Quassia indica (Gaertner) Nooteb.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate sections of flowers, fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.
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    Surinam quassia wood (Quassia amara): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

    Burnett, M. A., active 1850. | Date: [1853] | Reference: 24016i
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    Niepa Bark Tree (Quassia indica (Gaertner) Nooteb.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate sections of flowers, fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.

    | Date: [1686] | Reference: 16113i
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    John Bull as the patient of promotors of competing therapies; representing British parliamentary reform. Aquatint by S. de Wilde, 1809.

    De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832. | Date: Published for the Satirist July 1st. 1809 | Reference: 12204i
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    Collecção de memorias sobre a quassia amarga, e simaruba. Com estampas / por Fr. José Mariano Velloso.

    Velloso, José Mariano da Conceição, 1742-1811. | Date: 1801
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    A triumphant American slave woman representing quassia (ingredient in acoholic drinks) is carried aloft by two brewers; representing the outcry against a tax on private brewing (?). Etching by J. Gillray, 1806.

    Gillray, James, 1756-1815. | Date: 10 June 1806 | Reference: 25938i
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