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Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892

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  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): an expanded flower with surrounding leaves and buds. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
  • Quillwort (Isoetes echinospora): entire plant with spores and floral segments. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): an opening flower with surrounding leaves and buds. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
  • Flamingo flowers (Anthurium scherzerianum): flowers and leaves. Coloured lithograph, c. 1862, after W. Fitch.
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): twenty one different anatomical segments of the plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
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    A gladiolus cultivar (Gladiolus Lady Alice Hill): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1868, after W. H. Fitch.

    Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892. | Date: 1868 | Reference: 28134i
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    Illustrations of the principal natural orders of the vegetable kingdom / prepared for the Science and Art Department of the Council of Education by Professor Oliver ; the plates by W.H. Fitch.

    Oliver, Daniel, 1830-1916. | Date: 1874
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    Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): twenty one different anatomical segments of the plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.

    Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892. | Date: 1845 | Reference: 26759i
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    An orchid (Otochilus fusca): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Swan, c. 1842, after W. Fitch.

    Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892. | Date: 1 January 1842 | Reference: 25844i
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    Flamingo flowers (Anthurium scherzerianum): flowers and leaves. Coloured lithograph, c. 1862, after W. Fitch.

    Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892. | Date: [1862-84] | Reference: 28063i
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