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A Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon), a harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) and a pansy (Viola species): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

A postcard illustrating a variety of good luck charms. Chromolithograph.

Four British wild flowers, two violets and two species of heart's ease. Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

Bouquet de camélias narcisses et pensées / P.J. Redouté.

A bunch of flowering mallows and pansies. Coloured lithograph by E. Champin, c. 1850, after herself.

Garden pansies (Viola cultivars): three flowers. Coloured aquatint, c. 1839.

Four flowering plants: a yellow monkey flower (Mimulus luteus) and three pansies (Viola cultivars). Coloured engraving by J. & J. Parkin, 1833, after C. W. Harrison.

George Rossi Ashton drawing a man and a woman with pansies as faces. Photographic postcard, 190-.

Pansies (Viola species): an assortment of flowers an a grassy bank. Chromolithograph by J. Ottman , c. 1872, after V. Dangon.

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Garden pansies (Viola cultivars): three flowers. Coloured aquatint, c. 1839.

Four British wild flowers, two violets and two species of heart's ease. Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

Four flowering plants: a yellow monkey flower (Mimulus luteus) and three pansies (Viola cultivars). Coloured engraving by J. & J. Parkin, 1833, after C. W. Harrison.

George Rossi Ashton drawing a man and a woman with pansies as faces. Photographic postcard, 190-.

Pansies (Viola species): an assortment of flowers an a grassy bank. Chromolithograph by J. Ottman , c. 1872, after V. Dangon.