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Thorns

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  • Rose (Rosa species): flowers and leaves. Pencil drawing.
  • Rose stem with autumn leaves. Watercolour drawing.
  • Two raspberry plant stems, one with a chrysalis attached. Watercolour.
  • Christ is paraded before the people wearing a crown of thorns. Etching by F.P. Massau after J.F. Overbeck, 1848.
  • Autumn leaves of hawthorn (Crataegus). Watercolour drawing.
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    Bramble (Rubus species): flowering and fruiting stems with leaf. Coloured engraving, c. 1829, after J. Sowerby.

    Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. | Date: 1 October 1829 | Reference: 25095i
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    Smallpox epidemic, Palestine: a child being inoculated. Photograph, 1922.

    | Date: 1922 | Reference: 30459i
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    Autumn leaves of hawthorn (Crataegus). Watercolour drawing.

    | Reference: 22338i
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    The deposition of Christ from the cross; the holy women mourn. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Massari.

    Massari, Lucio, 1569-1633. | Reference: 11770i
    Part of: La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna
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    An asparagus plant (Asparagus aphyllus): plant with floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

    Aubriet, Claude, 1665-1742. | Date: [1718] | Reference: 20847i
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