Bulb Collection (page 3)

Yellow esculent-rooted moraea, Moraea fugax (Moraea edulis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, T

Squill, Drimia maritima (Urginea scilla). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Poison bulb, Crinum asiaticum
Poison bulb, giant crinum lily or spider lily, Crinum asiaticum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Saffron, Crocus sativus. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Osram Nitra bulb
Advertisement for Osram Nitra light bulb. Date: 1928

Grand procession with Edisons electric lamps, New York, USA
Grand procession lit by Edisons electric lamps, worn on the head, in a New York street, USA. Date: 1884

Man wearing Edisons electric lamp on his head, New York
Man wearing Edisons electric lamp on his head, in a grand procession in New York, USA, 31 October 1884. Date: 1884

Man wearing Edisons electric lamp on his head, Philadelphia
Man wearing Edisons electric lamp on his head, and handing out prospectuses at the Philadelphia Exhibition, USA. Date: 1885

Domed roof, Djerba, Tunisia
Rusty outdoor lamp, domed roof and deep blue sky, Djerba, tunisia Date: 1987

Hyacinthus Orientalis (Hyacinth)
Hyacinthus Orientalis, also known as common hyacinth, garden hyacinth and Dutch hyacinth, drawn by Basilius Besler (1561-1629)

Joseph Swan
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914), English chemist, inventor and industrialist. As well as inventing the dry plate photographic process

Poster, Atlas Lamps and Tubes, all the better to see with. 20th century

Lithuania. Vilnius. Orthodox Church of St. Michael and St. Constantine or Romanov Church, built in 1913 by I. Kolesnikov. Exterior

Advertising postcard for Philips Lightbulbs of Eindhoven, Holland. Date: 1910

Garlic Plant Incl. Bulb
Garlic, showing the purple flower and the bulb

Keeper of Longships Lighthouse, off Lands End, Cornwall
Principal keeper of Longships Lighthouse, off Lands End, Cornwall, in the operations room, checking the lighting equipment. Date: circa 1970s

Tabby kitten with light bulb
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten holding on tightly to a light bulb, probably inside a standard lamp. 1950s

Field of Hyacinths and old Dutch Farmhouse, The Netherlands
Field of colourful Hyacinths and an old Dutch Farmhouse, The Netherlands. Anthony C. Van der Schoots Bulbfarms, Hillegom, The Netherlands. Date: 1936

Epipactis palustris, marsh helliborine - Plate 36 from British Orchids (1799) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Date: 1799

Albuca caudata - Albuca caudata Jacq. Coloured copper engraving, probably based on a watercolour by the Bauer brothers. Jacquin, N. J. Icones plantarum rariorum 2: t. 442, Vienna 1795

Electric candles inside the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran (San Giovanni Laterano). Rome. Italy

Advert for Tantalus lamps 1910
Three million Tantalus lamps are functioning in France alone - unlike modern bulbs, they never go out, they never die ! 1910

Thomas Edison re-creates his electric lamp
Photograph showing (left to right): President Herbert Hoover, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, at the re-creation of the lamp which magically awoke the World to a new brilliance fifty years before

Advert for Mappin & Webb electic candelabras 1906
Fitted electric candelabras. Date: 1906

Advertisement for Rashleigh electric lamps - Sweet Sixteen. Date: 20th century

Anemone tuber, tulip bulb, hyacinth bulb, and ranunculus root.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from James Maddocks The Florists Directory, London, John Harding, 1810

Root and bulb of the lily, Lilium species.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures on Botany

Tulipa stellata, stellated East Indian tulip with white flowers, bulb, stamen and pistil.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Chequer-flowered meadow saffron, Colchicum variegatum.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1790-1800

Cape Hyacinth, with bulb, scarlet leaves, and pale pink flowers, Polyzena corymbosa.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtiss

Rose-coloured ixia from South Africa, Ixia latifolia (Ixia capillaris).. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtiss Botanical Magazine

Advert for Osram lamps, installed on Queen Mary Ocean Liner
Advertising that Osram lamps were fitted upon the Queen Mary Ocean Liner. Date: 1936

Red Lily Bulb. Matapos - Zimbabwe

Home Gardening magazine, September 1932
Front cover of Home Gardening magazine advising readers to start planting their bulb bowls now in order to ensure a vibrant display of hyacinths indoors over winter. Date: 1932

Fuel for domestic appliances by G. H. Davis
Your fuel target: details that will help in planning economy during the Second World War, so that fuel rationing can be avoided

Home Gardening magazine, October 1928
Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring a lady on plant up of bowl with bulbs. Advice on how to achieve good blooms and strong foliage is contained inside. Date: 1928

Russian Peasants Experience Electricity
Russian Peasants experience the first Electricity in their village in 1925. Date: 1925

Veltheimia viridiflora, lily
Illustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Ornithogalum scilloides
Illustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Bulbous plants
Plate 22 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Plantes bulbeuses

Typhonium venosum, voodoo lily
Plate 917 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Amaryllis sp. amarylis
Page 53 from Drawings, Letters and Manuscripts of N. J. Jacquin (c. 1790) by Baron Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727-1817). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Edisons Lamp / Original
Edisons original lamp and lamp fitting. Date: circa 1880

Tantalum electric lamps with energy saving light bulbs, 1908 Date: 1908

Advert for Mazda light bulbs
Beauty enriched by light. Young ballerina on stage being lite up by Mazda bulbs. Date: 1929

BRAIN TEST
A test for the quickness of the eye and brain. A number is shouted and the person must press the correct bulb as soon as possible. London Institute of Psychology. Date: 1930s

Hyacinth Bulb
A hyacinth bulb cut in two, with a section clearly showing the leaves and flower inside the bulb. Date: 1960s

People in a cafe, sitting at tables and serving behind the counter. The lighting comes from bare, unshaded lightbulbs. circa 1940s

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