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A plant (Carduus pycnocephalus L.) related to Scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate flowers and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

A plant (Carduus species) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with root. Watercolour.

Two Scotsmen flying on a witch's broomstick from Edinburgh to London; representing Scots usurping the positions of southerners under the government of Lord Bute. Etching by P. Sandby, 1762.

A plant (Carduus sp.) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate root and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A blessed thistle (Cnicus palustris) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A thistle flower and crab's eyes plant (Abrus species). Watercolour.

A thistle (Cirsium species): flowering stem. Watercolour.

A plant (Carduus argentatus L.) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

A thistle in the centre with a boar to the left facing a mastiff to the right, all surrounded by various plants and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.

Thistle leaves in grass. Watercolour, pen and pencil drawings.

Two plants of the Compositae family: a flowering thistle (left) and yellow chrysanthemum (right). Watercolour.

A thistle (Carduus acanthoides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A figure composed of barrels batters the drooping head of a thistle; representing the forced resignation of Lord Melville following implications of malversation and the vote on Whitbread's motion. Aquatint by J. Sayer, 1805.

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A plant (Carduus pycnocephalus L.) related to Scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate flowers and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Two plants of the Compositae family: a flowering thistle (left) and yellow chrysanthemum (right). Watercolour.

A thistle (Carduus acanthoides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A figure composed of barrels batters the drooping head of a thistle; representing the forced resignation of Lord Melville following implications of malversation and the vote on Whitbread's motion. Aquatint by J. Sayer, 1805.

A thistle in the centre with a boar to the left facing a mastiff to the right, all surrounded by various plants and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.