Above, a sprig of a clove tree, a beetle, two sprigs of a cassia tree bearing leaves from which senna is extracted, a beaver and three different cavies (small rodents); below, two beetles and a mocking creeper. Etching by Heath.
- Date:
- 1806
- Reference:
- 40491i
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Publication/Creation
[London] (6, New Bridge St., Blackfriars) : Published for Richard Phillips, 1806.
Physical description
1 print : etching, with engraving ; sheet 28.1 x 22.6 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Natural history. Caryophyllus aromaticus... Heath sc.
The animals and plants are numbered from 92-101 and named
References note
Not found in: John Heath, The Heath family engravers 1779-1878, Aldershot 1993
Reference
Wellcome Collection 40491i
Type/Technique
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Location Status Access Closed stores