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Fig

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  • Fig (Ficus carica L.): fruit and leaves. Colour and coloured aquatint by G. Pera, c. 1825, after P. Tofani.
  • Four fruiting plants, a rose, a strawberry, a fig and a lemon, all with different types of pericarp. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • The origin of the fig: Ceres gives the first fig to Phytalus in thanks for his hospitality. Etching by S. Rosa.
  • A fig plant (Ficus carica): fruiting stem and halved fruit. Coloured zincograph by J. Macfarlane, c. 1872, after himself.
  • Three different flowers and two fruit with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
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    Three different flowers and two fruit with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

    | Date: 4 August 1799 | Reference: 25568i
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    "California Syrup of Figs" brand laxative of purely vegetable origin : palatable, constant efficacy, non-griping / Proprietary Agencies, Ltd.

    | Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]
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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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