A flowering plant, possibly an Aquilegia species, with two small segments of other plant stems. Watercolour.

An anemone (Anemone alba): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by Weddell, c. 1820, after J. Curtis.

A Christmas rose (Helleborus niger), a poppy (Papaver species) and borage (Borago officinalis): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

Monkshood (Aconitum napellus): flowering plant. Colour process print, c. 1924.

Six cut Ranunculus flowers: double-flowered varieties with leaves. Watercolour by Mrs. Montgomery.

A columbine (Aquilegia canadensis): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.

Anemone plant: flowering stem. Coloured engraving by J. S. Seligmann, c. 1768, after himself.

A large paeony (Paeonia species) surrounded by various flowers and moths. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.

Four plants, including a fritillary (Fritillaria) and a wood buttercup (Ranunculus nemorosus): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

Two plants, a fruiting clematis with separate seeds and a plant with blue fruits. Watercolour.

Five flowering plants, possibly including a Hosta species and three Clematis flowers. Watercolour, c. 1870.

Buttercup (Ranunculus sp.): flowering and stoloniferous stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Marsh marigold or kingcups (Caltha palustris): flowering stem. Watercolour.

A clematis plant (Clematis cirrhosa): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1807, after S. Edwards.

A plant (Clematis species): trailing stem with large white flower. Watercolour.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

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Ranunculaceae

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Images referencing Ranunculaceae

Works from the collections

Marsh marigold or kingcups (Caltha palustris): flowering stem. Watercolour.

Two plants, a fruiting clematis with separate seeds and a plant with blue fruits. Watercolour.

A clematis plant (Clematis cirrhosa): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1807, after S. Edwards.

A plant (Clematis species): trailing stem with large white flower. Watercolour.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Ranunculaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Ranunculaceae

Works from the collections

Marsh marigold or kingcups (Caltha palustris): flowering stem. Watercolour.

Two plants, a fruiting clematis with separate seeds and a plant with blue fruits. Watercolour.

A clematis plant (Clematis cirrhosa): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1807, after S. Edwards.

A plant (Clematis species): trailing stem with large white flower. Watercolour.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

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