Botanical: Flowers Pre-19th Century Gallery

Oswego Tea Plant, c.1740 (hand-coloured engraving)

1631634 Oswego Tea Plant, c.1740 (hand-coloured engraving) by Ehret, Georg Dionysius (1710-70); Private Collection; (add.info.: An aromatic herb used by North American Indians as an antiseptic.); The Stapleton Collection; German, out of copyright

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Chiendent de Parnasse (Grass of Parnassus), c.1776 (hand-coloured engraving)

618095 Chiendent de Parnasse (Grass of Parnassus), c.1776 (hand-coloured engraving) by Buchoz, Pierre-Joseph (1731-1807); Private Collection; (add.info.: from Collection Precieuse et Enluminee, published 1776, also Fleur de Chine and sometimes used as a pattern book for porcelain
so called as Dioscorides described it as growing there; Parnassia palustris; chiendent means dogstooth
); The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

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Tulip of King Henry IV, 1836 (hand-coloured engraving)

618033 Tulip of King Henry IV, 1836 (hand-coloured engraving) by Bessa, Pancrace (1772-1835); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration from Flore des jardiniers, amateurs et manufacturiers: D'aprA?s les dessins de Bessa. Extraits de l'Herbier de l'amateur. Tulipa gesneriana. Tulip group original parent of many cultivars in France. Native to parts of the Mediterranean.); The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

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