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Aceraceae

Family of plants

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Aceraceae

4 images from works
  • Japanese maple (Acer palmatum): branch with leaves. Watercolour.
  • A spreading sycamore tree (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) growing by a scenic lake. Etching after J.G.Strutt, 1825.
  • Sycamore tree (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) in a graveyard near Reading, Berkshire. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, c. 1806, after W. Havell.
  • Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus): flowering stem, leaves, fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

Works from the collections

6 works

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    Maple tree (Acer) and black thorn or sloe (Prunus spinosa). Soft-ground etching with aquatint by J. Laporte, c. 1796, after himself.

    Laporte, John, 1761-1839. | Date: 22 February 1796 | Reference: 20751i
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    Sycamore tree (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) in a graveyard near Reading, Berkshire. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, c. 1806, after W. Havell.

    Havell, William, 1782-1857. | Date: January, 1806 | Reference: 20591i
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    A spreading sycamore tree (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) growing by a scenic lake. Etching after J.G.Strutt, 1825.

    Strutt, Jacob George, 1790-1864. | Date: [1831-36] | Reference: 18302i
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    Field or hedge maple (Acer campestre) leaves and fruit with an associated moth, its caterpillar and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

    | Date: 1 October 1830 | Reference: 24166i
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    Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus): flowering stem, leaves, fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

    Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. | Date: 1 February 1796 | Reference: 24964i

Related topics

Trees
Botany
Plants
Sycamores
Acer pseudoplatanus
Acer

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