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Concept

Centaurea

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  • Top, nerves of the lower limb, anterior (left) and posterior (right) views; below, the plant centauria centaurium. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • Cornflower or bachelor's-buttons (Centaurea cyanus L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
  • Knapweed (Centaurea sp.): flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A horse surrounded by three roses, a marigold, a daffodil and a butterfly. Engraving by P. Williamson, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • Three plants, including a cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) and an iris: flowering stems with two grasshoppers. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
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    Four British garden plants, including a rose and lupin: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

    | Date: 1836 | Reference: 27356i
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    Cornflower or bachelor's-buttons (Centaurea cyanus L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and 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: 18218i
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    Two plants (Onoseris species): flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.

    | Reference: 27140i
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    Knapweed (Centaurea cineraria): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1770] | Reference: 17738i
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    Three plants, including a cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) and an iris: flowering stems with two grasshoppers. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

    Robert, Nicolas, 1614-1685. | Date: [c. 1660] | Reference: 24935i
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