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Currants

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  • A griffin facing left surrounded by various flowers, fruits and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • A currant plant (Ribes species): flowering stem with floral segments. Watercolour.
  • A currant plant (Ribes species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Four British wild flowers and fruit, including red currant (Ribes rubrum), black currant (Ribes nigrum) and gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
  • A currant plant (Ribes alpinum): fruiting stem. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.
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    A currant plant (Ribes species): flowering stem with floral segments. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 22984i
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    A griffin facing left surrounded by various flowers, fruits and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.

    Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677. | Date: [1674] | Reference: 24378i
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    Four British wild flowers and fruit, including red currant (Ribes rubrum), black currant (Ribes nigrum) and gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

    Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879. | Date: [1856] | Reference: 24640i
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    Redcurrant (Ribes rubrum L.): flowering stem, fruit clusters and floral segments, also a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.

    Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770. | Date: [1759] | Reference: 18253i
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    A currant plant (Ribes species): flowering stem. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 22982i
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