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Lobelia

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Campanulaceae

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Images from the collections

Images about Lobelia

10 images from works
  • Seven plants, including two orchids and an alstroemeria: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • Seven plants, including two orchids and a lobelia: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • A Lobelia plant (Lobelia urens): flowering and leafy stems. Partially coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
  • Eight British wild flowers, including teasel (Dipsacus sativa), devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) and sheep's bit scabious (Jasione montana). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
  • Seven British garden plants: flowering stems and some floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
  • Seven garden plants, including an amaryllis and a blanket flower: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • A species of the genus Lobelia: flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Four British garden plants, including grape hyacinth: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Seven plants, including two orchids and a cactus: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Seven plants, including an orchid and a two slipper flowers: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

Works from the collections

12 works

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    A plant (Lobelia debilis): flowering stem with roots. Coloured stipple engraving by W. Hooker, c. 1820, after R. Salisbury.

    Salisbury, Richard Anthony. | Date: [1812-48] | Reference: 26422i
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    A species of the genus Lobelia: flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1770] | Reference: 17550i
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    Eight British wild flowers, including teasel (Dipsacus sativa), devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) and sheep's bit scabious (Jasione montana). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

    Henry Noel Humphreys | Date: [1856] | Reference: 24643i
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    Seven plants, including two orchids and an alstroemeria: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

    | Date: 1836 | Reference: 27719i
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    Seven garden plants, including an amaryllis and a blanket flower: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

    | Date: 1837 | Reference: 27516i
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Related topics

Botany
Plants, Cultivated
Plants, Ornamental
Horticulture
Flowers
Campanulaceae
Orchidaceae
Plants

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