concept

Brassica adpressa Bois: flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

A cabbage plant (Brassica oleracea) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Turnip (Brassica rapa): root and leaves. Watercolour.

Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.): large leafy head with separate flowering stem, opened fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Six flowering plants, all with a different type of compound inflorescence. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

Sailing ships at sea, turnip-like plants found in northern Russia and the Samoyed people with their tents and boats, in separate plates. Engraving after C. de Bruin, 1701.

A cultivar of garden pea (Pisum sativum) and of variegated kale (Brassica oleracea acephala). Chromolithograph, c. 1890.

A root vegetable, possibly a turnip or swede (Brassica species). Watercolour.

Jan Ingen-Housz with his servant Dominique demonstrating the properties of vegetables. Soft-ground etching.

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

A plant, possibly a Brassica species: flowering and fruiting stems. Watercolour.

Cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.).

Rape (Brassica napus): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1810.

Materialy k voprosu o pitatel'nosti kvashenoi kapusty (istinnye bielki i usvoiaemost') : dissertatsiia na stepen' doktora meditsiny / I.I. Piontkovskago ; tsenzorami dissertatsii, po porucheniiu Konferentsii, kyli professory V.A. Manassein, A.F. Batalin i privat-dotsent S.K. Shidlovskii.

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

We're experiencing some technical problems in the library today. 

If you’re visiting us, you won’t be able to print or use our PCs or laptops. If you want to sign-up for a free library membership, we’ll give you a temporary card for today and complete your membership next time you visit.

You can access items from the collection as usual and our team is on hand to help. Thank you for your patience while we resolve these issues. 

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

Take part in research

Brassica

Images from the collections

Images about Brassica

Works from the collections

Cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.).

Sailing ships at sea, turnip-like plants found in northern Russia and the Samoyed people with their tents and boats, in separate plates. Engraving after C. de Bruin, 1701.

A cultivar of garden pea (Pisum sativum) and of variegated kale (Brassica oleracea acephala). Chromolithograph, c. 1890.

Rape (Brassica napus): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1810.

Materialy k voprosu o pitatel'nosti kvashenoi kapusty (istinnye bielki i usvoiaemost') : dissertatsiia na stepen' doktora meditsiny / I.I. Piontkovskago ; tsenzorami dissertatsii, po porucheniiu Konferentsii, kyli professory V.A. Manassein, A.F. Batalin i privat-dotsent S.K. Shidlovskii.

Brassica

Images from the collections

Images about Brassica

Works from the collections

Cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.).

Sailing ships at sea, turnip-like plants found in northern Russia and the Samoyed people with their tents and boats, in separate plates. Engraving after C. de Bruin, 1701.

A cultivar of garden pea (Pisum sativum) and of variegated kale (Brassica oleracea acephala). Chromolithograph, c. 1890.

Rape (Brassica napus): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1810.

Materialy k voprosu o pitatel'nosti kvashenoi kapusty (istinnye bielki i usvoiaemost') : dissertatsiia na stepen' doktora meditsiny / I.I. Piontkovskago ; tsenzorami dissertatsii, po porucheniiu Konferentsii, kyli professory V.A. Manassein, A.F. Batalin i privat-dotsent S.K. Shidlovskii.

Related topics