Cress Collection

Thale cress or arabidopsis, Arabidopsis thaliana
Thale cress, mouse-ear cress or arabidopsis, Arabidopsis thaliana, Arabis thaliana, Arabette rameuse. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard

Salad herbs, plantes condimentaires pour salades. Parsley, Apium petroselinum, cicely, Myrrhis odorata, watercress, Nasturtium officinale, cress, Lepidium sativum, and summer savory

Victorian Scrap -- Watercress Seller. late 19th century

Blue nasturtium or Indian cress, Tropaeolum azureum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden

Three-coloured Indian cress, Tropaeolum tricolor (jaratti). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Sanguinaria or nevadilla, Paronychia argentea. Illecebrum paronychia, Illecebro paronichia. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze

Watercress, Nasturtium officinale (Sisymbrium nasturtium). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Nasturtium or Tropaeolum species
Mr. Moritz tropaeolum, Tropaeolum moritzanum, tuberous Indian cress, Tropaeolum tuberosum, short-horned Indian cress, T. brachyceras, three-coloured Indian cress, T. tricolorum, Mr

Basil, Ocimum basilicum, and whitetop or hoary cress, Lepidium draba. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Pepperwort, Lepidium latifolium, and waterpepper, Persicaria hydropiper. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Garden cress, Lepidium sativum, and creeping yellowcress, Rorippa sylvestris. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Herbs and vegetables, plantes condimentaires et fruits legumieres. Corn, Zea mais, cucumber, Cucumis sativus, pepper, Capsicum annuum, tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, caper, Capparis spinosa

Garden cress, Lepidium sativum
Garden cress, mustard and cress or pepperwort, Lepidium sativum, Nasitor. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Violet cress, Cochlearia acaulis (Stemless violet-cress, Ionopsidium acaule). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical

Moritz Indian cress, Tropaeolum moritzianum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Canary creeper, Tropaeolum peregrinum
Canary creeper, Indian cress or ciliated tropaeolum, Tropaeolum peregrinum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis The Botanical

Curtis British Entomology Plate 200
Coleoptera: Cillenum laterale = Cillenus lateralis (= Bembidion) [Plant: Coronopus squamatus (Coronopus ruellii, Swine?s Cress)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 146
Diptera: Gasterophilus salutiferus = Gasterophilus nasalis (Healthful Bot- or Warble-fly) [Plant: Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabis thaliana, Common Wall Cress)] Date: 1824-39

JACKET POTATOES
Stuffed baked potatoes, an excellent supper dish for a cold evening. The potatoes can cook without attention and the filling can be left waiting until a moment before serving. Date: 1940s

STUFFED TOMATO SALAD
Tomatoes stuffed with cottage cheese, served with watercress, lettuce, etc. Date: 1930s

PLANTS / THLASPI ARVENAE
PENNY CRESS Date: early 20th century

PLANTS / BARBAREA VULGARIS
WINTER CRESS Date: early 20th century

CARDAMINE PRATENSIS
LADYS SMOCK, or CUCKOO FLOWER, or MEADOW CRESS Date: early 20th century

PLANTS / ARABIS HIRSUTA
HAIRY ROCK-CRESS Date: early 20th century

Advert for Grays Inn Pianoforte Manufactory 1851
Advertisement of Grays Inn Pianoforte Manufactory, C.Cadby patent grand and cottage pianoforte maker. Showing the front of the shop and product. Date: 1851

Veules-les-Roses - Fields of Watercress (Cressonnieres)
Veules-les-Roses, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France - Fields of Watercress (Cressonnieres) Date: circa 1906

Occupations 1882 - The Water Cress Girl. Date: 1882

Caricature of George Robert Sims, English writer
Caricature of George Robert Sims (1847-1922), English journalist, poet, dramatist and novelist. Despite his uncertain health through over-indulging, he was a prolific writer. 1881

Social / Gathering Cress
An old woman gathers cress from a stream in a wood Date: mid-19th century

Nasturtium Officinale
WATER CRESS Date: circa 1820

Street trade - water cresses
Young woman selling spring watercress, " O you whom peaxe and plenty blesses, buy fine spring water cresses. Date: 1876

Rose-coloured rock-cress, Arabis rosea.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine, Samuel Curtis

Notched-petaled Indian cress, Tropaeolum crenatiflorum.. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Hood Fitch for Sir William Jackson Hookers Curtiss Botanical Magazine

Hackney Station and watercress plantation
The Camden-town Railway at Hackney Station, with a watercress plantation alongside the track. Date: 1851

Watercress Cultivation
Watercress cultivation : planting the cress. Date: 1950s

Plants / Tropaeolum Majus
Nasturtium, O Indian Cress

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