Species of flowering plant in the family of Asteraceae

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A sunflower, a symbol of bringing life back by giving blood; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the AIIMS Blood Transfusion Service and NGO AIDS Cell, New Delhi. Colour lithograph by N.R. Nanda, ca. January 1994.

Sunflower (Helianthus giganteus L.): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Yellow sunflowers with the words "Postiv-Gruppe", an [HIV] positive group organised by the AIDS-Hilfe Hamburg e.V. Colour lithograph by Sunnah Wagner and Axel Göttsch.

The Virgin with Child and a seraph within a sunflower. Etching.

Seven British garden plants, including a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a sunflower: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Clytie abandoned by the sun god is turned into a sunflower. Engraving by G. Duchange after N. Bertin.

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Sunflowers

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Images referencing Sunflowers

Works from the collections

Seven British garden plants, including a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a sunflower: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Clytie abandoned by the sun god is turned into a sunflower. Engraving by G. Duchange after N. Bertin.

The Virgin with Child and a seraph within a sunflower. Etching.

A sunflower, a symbol of bringing life back by giving blood; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the AIIMS Blood Transfusion Service and NGO AIDS Cell, New Delhi. Colour lithograph by N.R. Nanda, ca. January 1994.

Sunflowers

Images from the collections

Images referencing Sunflowers

Works from the collections

Seven British garden plants, including a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a sunflower: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Clytie abandoned by the sun god is turned into a sunflower. Engraving by G. Duchange after N. Bertin.

The Virgin with Child and a seraph within a sunflower. Etching.

A sunflower, a symbol of bringing life back by giving blood; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the AIIMS Blood Transfusion Service and NGO AIDS Cell, New Delhi. Colour lithograph by N.R. Nanda, ca. January 1994.

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