Cassava or tapioca plant (Manihot esculenta): leafy stem and tuberous roots. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809.

Common garlic (Allium sativum): bulb, flower head, single flower and single clove. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1850.

Yuquilla (Manihot carthaginensis (Jacq.) Mill.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau: workers preparing cakes from manioc root, within a decorative border. Engraving, c. 1777.

Turnip or sarson (Brassica rapa L.): root, leaf, flowers, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Baldmoney (Meum athamanticum Jacq.): flowering stem with separate rootstock, flower and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Rape or colza (Brassica napus L.): entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 28.7 x 17 cm

Crop production, poisoned food and public health / by John Hepburn.

Roots, tubers, plantains, and bananas in human nutrition.

1 folded sheet (6 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 21 x 38 cm folded to 21 x 13 cm.

Root vegetables / issued by the Ministry of Food.

1 print : etchings, with watercolour ; platemark 37.2.x 22.8 cm

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Root crops

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Images referencing Root crops

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Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau: workers preparing cakes from manioc root, within a decorative border. Engraving, c. 1777.

Crop production, poisoned food and public health / by John Hepburn.

Roots, tubers, plantains, and bananas in human nutrition.

Root vegetables / issued by the Ministry of Food.

Turnip or sarson (Brassica rapa L.): root, leaf, flowers, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Root crops

Images from the collections

Images referencing Root crops

Works from the collections

Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau: workers preparing cakes from manioc root, within a decorative border. Engraving, c. 1777.

Crop production, poisoned food and public health / by John Hepburn.

Roots, tubers, plantains, and bananas in human nutrition.

Root vegetables / issued by the Ministry of Food.

Turnip or sarson (Brassica rapa L.): root, leaf, flowers, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

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