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Sempervivum

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Images referencing Sempervivum

3 images from works
  • Seven plants, including a chalice vine and fuchsia: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • A houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.

Works from the collections

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    A houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.

    | Date: 1788 | Reference: 25807i
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    Seven plants, including a chalice vine and fuchsia: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

    | Date: 1833 | Reference: 27548i
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    Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

    Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870. | Date: 1861 | Reference: 24540i

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