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Ficus (Plants)

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  • Fig (Ficus carica L.): fruit and leaves. Colour and coloured aquatint by G. Pera, c. 1825, after P. Tofani.
  • Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) growing on a lakeside. Coloured etching by B. Pouncy, c. 1793, after W. Hodges.
  • View from inside an enormous banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.). Engraving by J. Greig, after J. Forbes, 1778.
  • A fig plant (Ficus carica): fruiting stem and halved fruit. Coloured zincograph by J. Macfarlane, c. 1872, after himself.
  • Four plants, all with different forms of bracts, sheaths or spathes. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
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    A young woman picking figs, advertising syrup of figs. Chromolithograph, ca. 1910(?).

    | Reference: 47050i
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    A fig plant (Ficus carica): fruits and leaves. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 23245i
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    Five Egyptian trees with fruit, including the tamarind, mulberry fig and baobab. Line engraving, c. 1676.

    | Date: [1676] | Reference: 20837i
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    A Brazilian rubber tree (Hevea Brasiliensis), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

    | Date: [c. 1840] | Reference: 28053i
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    View from inside an enormous banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.). Engraving by J. Greig, after J. Forbes, 1778.

    Forbes, James, 1749-1819. | Date: 1st June 1812 | Reference: 20055i
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