Bugloss or alkanet (Anchusa officinalis L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
- Date:
- [1774]
- Reference:
- 16788i
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Description
Leaves of borage were used medicinally and eaten as a vegetable and rouge was obtained from the roots
Publication/Creation
[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1774]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.0 x 23.0 cm
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Lettering
Buglofsum angustifolium, majus, flore coeruleo. I.R.H.134. Ital. Buglofsa. - Gall. Buglose ordinaire
Reference
Wellcome Collection 16788i
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Location Status Access Closed stores