Argentea Collection

Plumed cockscomb or silver cocks comb, Celosia argentea (Cock s-comb, Celosia cristata). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden

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

Whorl-leaf watermilfoil, Myriophyllum verticillatum
Whorl-leaf watermilfoil or whorled water-milfoil, Myriophyllum verticillatum. Miriofillo verticillato. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle

Saxon, shears, marsh dagger, brown-spot pinion, white-line
Saxon moth, Hyppa rectilinea 1, shears moth, Hada plebeja 2, 3, marsh dagger, Acronicta strigosa 4, brown-spot pinion, Agrochola litura 5, white-line dart, Euxoa nigrofusca 6, Opigena polygona 7

Spotted clover, Guernsey underwing, straw underwing, etc
Spotted clover, Schinia scutosa 1, 2, Epilecta linogrisea 3, Guernsey underwing, Polyphaenis sericata 4, and straw underwing, Thalpophila matura 5, 6

Marsh beetle, jewel beetle, rose chafer, etc
Marsh beetle, Elodes 1, Harpalus beetle 2, jewel beetle, Buprestis 3, flea beetle, Altica famelica 4, and rose chafer, Cetonia species 5

Hoary cinquefoil, Potentilla argentea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1793

Plumed cockscomb, Celosia argentea, and clover, Trifolium species. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Coccothrinax argentea palm tree (Thrinax graminifolia). Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1884

Lookdown 1, 3 and Atlantic spadefish 2
Lookdown, Selene vomer (with damaged dorsal fin 1), 3, and Atlantic spadefish, Chaetodipterus faber 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Baptiste Guyard after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel

Illustration, Orthosiidae -- Cleophanidae -- Cucullidae etc
Illustration, Orthosiidae -- Cleophanidae -- Cucullidae -- Heliothidae -- Anartidae -- Acontiidae -- Scoliopteryx Libatrix, Calophasia Lunula, Cucullia Verbasci, Cucullia Umbratica

Silver sea-pen, Pennatula argentea.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Silver-leaved vetch, Vicia argentea.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine, Samuel Curtis, 1829

Croatia - Split - Porto Argentea
The Porto Argentea. A carving of a winged Venetian lion sits above this fine gate in Split, Croatia. This was the eastern gate (the Silver Gate or Porta argentea) to the Palace of Diocletian

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