EditorialZedoary or white turmeric, Curcuma zedoaria 1, flower a, leaf b, and grains of paradise, Aframomum melegueta 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuc...
EditorialPoultry and a dog, A dog looks from its cage at some chickens, a rooster and chicks that pick up grains. In the window above the doghouse is an owl and in the air two swallows fly, dog, fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.), owls, Jan Griffier (I) (mentioned...
EditorialDesign for a Chalice, Maximilian Joseph Limpach, Czech, active the 1st half of 18th century, Giovanni Giardini, Italian, 1646 - 1721, Etching and engraving on white paper, Engraving of a chalice with a base and stem composed of a sheaf of wheat, the gr...
Editorialsample card, Adrian and Co, 18th century, paper, paint, grain, Sample card with eight samples of grains in various colors. The samples are glued together in a paper cover. On the front of the cover a painting of a gold-colored cartouche in green, with ...
EditorialGrains of Selim, Xylopia aethiopica, Habzelia aethiopica, Habzeli dEthiopie. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr. Gerard and Francois Herincqs La Regne Vegetal...
EditorialPaul Backsen transports grains to feed cattle on Pellworm, the German island in the North Sea where he and his family live, Sept. 8, 2021. (Lena Mucha/The New York Times)
EditorialPlastic pouches hold hot or cold servings of vegetable milk, like the soy drink thickened with ground grains at Followsoshi in Flushing, Queens, on March 31, 2021. (Lanna Apisukh/The New York Times)
Editorialstamp (for cloth leads), Anonymous, 17th century - 18th century, General: 12.2 x 3cm (122 x 30mm), Stamp: 1.1 x 1.8cm (11 x 18mm), saber, Oval iron stamp depicting of a saber, probably for judging Turkish grains, 1879.
EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: block-printed, with yellow and blue applied by brush, on plain weave foundation, Gnarled branch with strange, exotic fruits, leaves, flowers and birds in multiple colors on a white ground. The background is covered wi...
Editorialstamp (for cloth leads), Anonymous, 17th century - 18th century, General: 12.2 x 3cm (122 x 30mm), Stamp: 1.1 x 1.8cm (11 x 18mm), saber, Oval iron stamp depicting of a saber, probably for judging Turkish grains, 1879.