Delphinium Trees and Leaves

Delphinium Trees and LeavesThis is an original watercolour of a Delphinium by John Curtis produced for reproduction in Curtis's Botanical Magazine. In 1818 John Curtis became the principal artist and produced over 400 plates for the magazine which was founded by the unrelated William Curtis in 1787.

Colour engraving of Narcisses doubles by P

Martynia and Narcissus from G D Ehret's self published Plantae et Papilione

1757-1774)

Printed illustration of a chrysanthemum variety 'Azuma Shibori' taken from the Japanese publication A Hundred Chrysanthemums by K Hasegawa

1900 of a plant identified as Lagerstroemia indica

A Chromolithograph plate of Borecoles or kales and Brussels Sprouts varieties taken from the Album Benary

Watercolour of 'Laurier triomphal' (Laurus nobilis) taken from volume II of 'Flore du désert: receuil des fleurs odorantes dans un coin consacré à une amie'

this work is one of eight studies by an unidentified Chinese artist of plants and insects

Colour woodblock print of Iris Akashi- No- Ue from the catalogue of the Yokohama nursery of Seitaro Arai which specialised in Iris kaempferi

Watercolour by Barbara Cotton of the apple 'The Wellington'

a humorous book attributing human characteristics to vegetables

This work dating from 1802-16 contains a total of 486 plates depicting plants from the Liliaceae family