Modified shoots, leaves, roots, or extensions of cortice and epidermis

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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.

Sappanwood tree (Caesalpinia sappan): flowering branch, pod and thorns. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.

Christ carries his cross to Golgotha. Etching by H. Kipp after J.F. Overbeck, 1846.

Various leaf forms, leaf venation, bud arrangements and woody stems. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.

A peasant without shoes removing a thorn (?) from his foot, a dog accompanies him. Etching by J. Miel.

Three fruiting plant stems, including a rose, a liliaceous plant and a tree with red berries. Watercolour.

Jesus is exhibited to the people wearing a crown of thorns. Line engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1587, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.

Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): twenty one different anatomical segments of the plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.

Bramble (Rubus species): flowering and fruiting stems with leaf. Coloured engraving, c. 1829, after J. Sowerby.

Smallpox epidemic, Palestine: a child being inoculated. Photograph, 1922.

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

An asparagus plant (Asparagus aphyllus): plant with floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

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Thorns

Images from the collections

Images referencing Thorns

Works from the collections

Bramble (Rubus species): flowering and fruiting stems with leaf. Coloured engraving, c. 1829, after J. Sowerby.

Smallpox epidemic, Palestine: a child being inoculated. Photograph, 1922.

Autumn leaves of hawthorn (Crataegus). Watercolour drawing.

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

An asparagus plant (Asparagus aphyllus): plant with floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

Thorns

Images from the collections

Images referencing Thorns

Works from the collections

Bramble (Rubus species): flowering and fruiting stems with leaf. Coloured engraving, c. 1829, after J. Sowerby.

Smallpox epidemic, Palestine: a child being inoculated. Photograph, 1922.

Autumn leaves of hawthorn (Crataegus). Watercolour drawing.

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

An asparagus plant (Asparagus aphyllus): plant with floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

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