22 results filtered with: Thistles
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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.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17614i
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Two plants of the Compositae family: a flowering thistle (left) and yellow chrysanthemum (right). Watercolour.
Reference: 23600i
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A thistle (Carduus acanthoides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 September 1830Reference: 24158i
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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.
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.Date: 26 June 1805Reference: 25936i
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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.
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.Date: [1674]Reference: 24376i
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A plant (Carduus argentatus L.) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1772]Reference: 17825i
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A plant (Carduus species) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with root. Watercolour.
Reference: 22471i
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A thistle flower and crab's eyes plant (Abrus species). Watercolour.
Reference: 22783i
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Three noblemen dance round a tall thistle as the devil plays the bagpipes; representing Scottish influence on the British policy towards American independence. Engraving, 1775.
Date: [1 March 1775]Reference: 26649i
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Seven garden plants, including a hèavenly blue' ipomoea: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
Date: 1834Reference: 27447i
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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.
Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809.Date: Sept. 1762Reference: 38090i
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A thistle (Carduus arvensis) with an associated moth and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 Feb 1830Reference: 24029i
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Thistle leaves in grass. Watercolour, pen and pencil drawings.
Reference: 22335i
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Two plants, holy thistle (Silybum marianum) and Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.Date: [1865]Reference: 24668i
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A thistle (Cirsium species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
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Scotch thistle (Carduus nutans): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1903.
Date: 1903Reference: 21098i
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A thistle flower and fruiting plant. Watercolour.
Reference: 22824i
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A blessed thistle (Cnicus palustris) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 June 1830Reference: 24051i- Pictures
Two plants, a fruiting Physalis species and thistle seedhead. Watercolour.
Reference: 22822i
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A plant (Carduus sp.) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate root and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 17997i
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A plant (Carduus chius Jacq.) related to scotch thistle: flowering stem with separate uncoloured leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 17960i- Pictures
Holy thistle or milk thistle (Silybum marianum): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1903.
Date: 1903Reference: 21096i