Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) and wormwood (Artemisia absinthium): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

  • Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.
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[1865]
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24663i
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Wormwood is medicinal and gives absinthe, a harmful liqueur

Mugwort leaves are used as a condiment and the plant used in magic and superstition in GB until 19th century

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[Paris], [1865] (Paris : F. Lamoureux)

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1 print : etching with rouletted tints, with watercolour

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Armoise commune. absinthe. P. Naudin pinxt. C. Pierre sc pl.

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Wellcome Collection 24663i

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