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Acorns

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  • Ornamented borders of Tartary oak (Quercus McCormickii), anchors and a polar bear round circular images of the Antarctic Ocean with penguin and boat. Pencil drawing by E. Wilson?, c.1844.
  • Japanese oak (Quercus mongolica): tree branch with acorns. Watercolour.
  • Ornamented borders of Tartary oak (Quercus McCormickii), anchors and a polar bear round images of the Antarctic Sea with penguin and boat. Pencil drawing, c.1844.
  • Acorns and twigs of oak (Quercus species). Pen, pencil and watercolour drawings.
  • Oak (Quercus robur), hazel (Corylus avellana) and hornbeam (Carpinus betulus): fruiting and flowering twigs. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
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    The first verse of a poem entitled, "Rheinweinlied", surrounded by an ornamental design with a large wine glass. Etching, 1842.

    | Date: 1842 | Reference: 26291i
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    Ornamented borders of Tartary oak (Quercus McCormickii), anchors and a polar bear round images of the Antarctic Sea with penguin and boat. Pencil drawing, c.1844.

    | Reference: 18610i
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    Acorns and twigs of oak (Quercus species). Pen, pencil and watercolour drawings.

    | Reference: 22357i
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    Ornamented borders of Tartary oak (Quercus McCormickii), anchors and a polar bear round circular images of the Antarctic Ocean with penguin and boat. Pencil drawing by E. Wilson?, c.1844.

    | Reference: 18613i
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    The fable of the acorn and the pumpkin: an acorn falls on a man resting under an oak tree on a grassy bank, with pumpkins and his tools and basket around him. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after N. Bertin after J. de La Fontaine.

    La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695. | Reference: 31893i
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