EditorialPear-shaped bottle vase with flowering plants, Bottle-shaped porcelain vase with a pear-shaped body and spreading neck, painted in underglaze blue. Blooming plants, the four season flowers, are depicted on the belly: peony (spring), lotus (summer), chr...
EditorialVase with pheasants and horses in landscapes, Porcelain vase with an upward-running body, round shoulder and a narrow, spreading neck with a raised edge, painted in underglaze blue. The belly is divided into two parts. The upper part with two pheasants...
EditorialVase with (mythological) animals in landscapes, Cylindrical vase of porcelain with a wide neck and raised edge, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, eggplant, black and gold. On the wall a landscape with (mythological) animals (feng huang,...
EditorialCherry laurel, Prunus laurocerasus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London, 1816.
EditorialPlum or prune tree, Prunus domestica 1, and wild cherry tree, Prunus avium 2, with blossom, fruit and leaf. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1...
EditorialSweet chestnut, Castanea sativa 1, and almond, Prunus dulcis 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1795.
EditorialPeach tree, Prunus persica 1, and apricot, Prunus armeniaca 2, with fruit, blossom, leaf and stone. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798.
EditorialPeach varieties, Prunus persica: Bourdine, blossom, leaf, and Nivette or Bel de Vitry. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own "Pomona Britannica," London, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1817. The quarto edition of the...
EditorialPeach varieties, Prunus persica: Duke of Marlborough's Peach, blossom, Rumbullion Peach and segment showing stone and flesh. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own "Pomona Britannica," London, Longman, Hurst,...
EditorialApricot varieties, Prunus armeniaca: Black Apricot, Breda Apricot, Brussels Apricot and Moor Park or Lord Anson's Apricot. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own "Pomona Britannica," London, Longman, Hurst, e...
EditorialPeach varieties, Prunus persica: Grimwood's Royal George, blossom, leaf, and French Mignonne or Minion. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own "Pomona Britannica," London, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1817. The quar...
EditorialPlum varieties, Prunus domestica: Wine Sour Plum, Prune Plum, and Myrabolan or Queen Mother Plum. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own "Pomona Britannica," London, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1817. The quarto edi...
EditorialPlum varieties, Prunus domestica: Le Royal and Blue Perdrigon. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own "Pomona Britannica," London, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1817. The quarto edition of the original folio edition ...
EditorialBird cherry with flowers and fruit and dried autumn leaf, Prunus padus. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn from nature by Mrs. Rebecca Hey from her own "Spirit of the Woods," London, Longman, Rees, 1837. Rebecca Hey was a Victorian writer, poet ...
EditorialPlum varieties, Prunus domestica: Cherry Plum, Drap d'Or or Cloth of Gold, and Morocco Plum. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own "Pomona Britannica," London, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1817. The quarto edition ...
EditorialNectarine varieties, Prunus persica: Violette Hative, blossom, Genoa, and Peterborough Nectarine. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own "Pomona Britannica," London, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1817. The quarto edi...