A coffee plant (Coffea arabica), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

[c. 1840]

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; border 22.5 x 18 cm

The coffee plant. various parts of the flower. flower and berries. Arabs gathering coffee. cleansing the seeds from the pulp. roasting coffee. grinding coffee. drinking coffee. vessels for making and drinking coffee

One of a series of six prints illustrating economic plants and their uses: date palm (Wellcome Library no. 28051i), coffee (2052i), rubber (28053i), sugar cane (28057i), tea (28058i), tobacco (28060i)

Wellcome Collection 28052i