Roots Collection

Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life in Norse mythology
Yggdrasil (Yggdrasill), the sacred ash, the Tree of Life, the Mundane Tree of Norse mythology, whose branches overhang the Universe

Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life in Norse mythology
Yggdrasil (Yggdrasill), the sacred ash, the Tree of Life, the Mundane Tree of Norse mythology, whose branches overhang the Universe

Teeth of adults and children
The teeth of adults and children, shown in cross-section, individually, and in the mouth

Autumnal Scene with Fairy & Blackberries
An autumnal folklore scene with a fairy, dressed in blue, sat amid the visible roots of a silver birch tree, holding a delicious-looking blackberry

Papaver (Poppy), two varieties
Two varieties of Papaver (Poppy) -- Papaver flore pleno rubrum (Double Red) and Papaver Eraticum rubrum (Wild Red), drawn by Basilius Besler (1561-1629)

Two Badgers in a wood
Two badgers (Meles meles) forage for food in a wood. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Lear / Nonsense / Bangor
There was an Old Person of Bangor, whose face was distorted with anger! He tore off his boots, and subsisted on roots, that irascible Person of Bangor

Roger Crab, English soldier, writer and vegetarian
Roger Crab (1621-1680), English soldier, haberdasher, herbal doctor, writer and vegetarian. 17th century

Adam and the skeleton of Death uprooting a tree
Condemnation to Labour: Adam and the skeleton of Death uprooting a tree, while Eve suckles a baby and holds a distaff. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death

True rhubarb, Rheum rhabarbarum, roots 1, flower 2, leaf outline 3, stalk exterior 4, stalk section 7, root sections 5, 6

Longs Peak Inn, Estes Park, Colorado, USA
Part of sitting room, Longs Peak Inn, Estes Park, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1920

Seasons - An October Morning
A crow leaves his nightime roost amongst a copice of trees, slowly shedding their leaves. An atmospheric view of a misty Autumn morning painted with an airbrush by Malcolm Greensmith. Date: circa 1980

MANGROVE TREE
Stilt-like and columnnar roots of Mangrove trees

Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigels Syrup) - cures Dyspepsia
Two healthy children, who have obviously been taking their Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigels Syrup) - cures Indigestion and Dyspepsia. A. J. White - Proprietor, 168 Duane Street, New York, USA

Enormous cotton tree, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Cotton tree with enormous buttresses, historic symbol of Freetown, capital city of Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1908

East of Ilot Gabriel island sea shore with black basalt rocks a wind-battered Common screwpine tree with aerial roots visible endemic for Mascarenes (Mauritius and Reunion) June North of Mauritius

Plant roots: fibrous root of groundsel Senecio vulgaris and plantain Plantago major.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures

Jugend front cover, young woman riding a stag
Front cover design for Jugend magazine, depicting a young woman riding a stag. Date: 1898

Early view of the world
Earth conceived as having roots reaching down into the Infinite; or as standing on it supported by columns

Grating cassava roots, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Two natives grating cassava roots for making foofoo (fufu, foufou), Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1906

Pink geraniums on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Interior of Ilot Gabriel island a view to the West to a lighthouse on Ile Plate / Flat island vegetation among black basalt rocks wind-battered Common screwpine tree (on the right)

Ta Phrom, Khmer Temple in Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Giant tree roots at Ta Phrom, Khmer Temple in Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Date: 2014

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Great Adventure. Pat follows her pet terrier Tatters through a hole in the roots of an old oak tree. Date: 1921

Illustration, female fox with cubs. Date: 1912

Illustration, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, by Kupka. Date: early 20th century

Pop art playing card
Brightly coloured pop art playing card, depicting a tree with autumn leaves falling. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1960s

Roots, grass and flowers of halfchaff sedge, Lipocarpha microcephala Kunth.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Roots, stems, leaves and tiny florets of Japanese snowparsley, Cnidium japonicum.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Rhizome and roots of turmeric, Curcuma longa (Zingiberacea), aromatic herb, spice.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants

Roots, reeds and flowers of variable flatsedge or smallflower umbrella-sedge, Cyperus difformis L.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu

Roots, reeds and flowers of poorland flatsedge, Cyperus compressus L.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Roots, reeds and flowers of nutgrass galingale, Cyperus amuricus Max.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Roots, leaves and flowers of coco-grass, purple nut sedge, red nut sedge, Cyperus rotundus L.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu

Leaves, roots and seeds of bur-reed, Sparganium racemosum Huds.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Valerian with green roots, brown and dark green leaves, and white flowers, Nardostachys jatamansi.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu

Roots, stem and leaves of the mountain peony, Paeonia obovata.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Roots and tiny pink and white flowers of burnet saxifrage. Pimpinella calycina.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Roots, stem and leaves of angelica polymorpha.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Marshmallow flower fairy, Althaea officinalis.. Handcolored steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees, Flower Fairies, Paris

Aneimia cicutaria fern showing leaves and roots.. Drawn and zincographed by C. T. Rosenberg, for Thomas Moores The Garden Companion and Florists Guide, 1852, published by Charles Frederick Cheffins

Roots and tubers of the potato plant Solanum tuberosum.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures on Botany

Roots of the onion Allium cepa and meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulata.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures on Botany

A buttressed tree trunk, typical in rainforest in Kinabatangan river floodplain. Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

A buttressed tree trunk - in primary rainforest. river Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Mangrove forest at high tide. Labuk Bay, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

The Dawn of Christianity The Flight into Egypt
The Dawn of Christianity (The Flight into Egypt) (1841). Turner, Joseph Mallord William 1775-1851. The greatest English painter of his generation

Chile - Zamacueca Dance. The Zamacueca is an ancient colonial dance and music that originated in Peru, taking its roots from African, Spanish, and Andean rhythms. Date: circa 1909

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