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Dahlia Collection

Background imageDahlia Collection: Dahlia pinnata, pinnate dahlia

Dahlia pinnata, pinnate dahlia
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33

Background imageDahlia Collection: Dahlias sp

Dahlias sp
Plate 1 from The Beauties of Flora 1820, by Samuel Curtis (1779-1860) with drawings by Clara Maria Pope. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageDahlia Collection: Purple and crimson flowered dahlia, Dahlia

Purple and crimson flowered dahlia, Dahlia variabilis var. Bella donna.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by Watts from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Background imageDahlia Collection: Dahlia Terrace

Dahlia Terrace
A childrens short story illustration which shows some earwigs crawling amongst grasses and flowers, observing a sign which advertises Dahlia Terrace. Date: circa 1944

Background imageDahlia Collection: Dahlias

Dahlias
A still life painting of a highly decorative patterned vase, containing a tightly packed arrangement of pink, white and violet dahlia flowers. Date: circa 1920

Background imageDahlia Collection: Dahlia varieties

Dahlia varieties
Varieties of Dahlia superflua, the variable dahlia, the Sir Robert Peel, Harris Inimitable, and Levics Incomparable. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by

Background imageDahlia Collection: Dahlia coccinea varieties

Dahlia coccinea varieties: Mrs. Burbidge, Bronze and Negress. Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1884

Background imageDahlia Collection: Dahlia variety, Paragon, Dahlia coccinea

Dahlia variety, Paragon, Dahlia coccinea (Dahlia coccinea var. Paragon). Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1884

Background imageDahlia Collection: Dahlia hybrid, Mrs. A Peart, the original

Dahlia hybrid, Mrs. A Peart, the original white cactus variety, raised by Thomas S. Ware of Tottenham. Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1894

Background imageDahlia Collection: Zenobia dahlia hybrid, Dahlia coccinea

Zenobia dahlia hybrid, Dahlia coccinea. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe

Background imageDahlia Collection: Orange nodding-head or mountain dahlia, Liparia

Orange nodding-head or mountain dahlia, Liparia splendens, vulnerable. (Ruscus-leaved liparia, Liparia sphaerica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S

Background imageDahlia Collection: Tree dahlia, Dahlia excelsa

Tree dahlia, Dahlia excelsa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Miss Sara Maund from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Background imageDahlia Collection: Scape-bearing dahlia, Dahlia scapigera

Scape-bearing dahlia, Dahlia scapigera. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mills from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Background imageDahlia Collection: Orange nodding-head or mountain dahlia, Liparia splendens

Orange nodding-head or mountain dahlia, Liparia splendens (Ruscus-leaved liparia, Liparia sphaerica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr

Background imageDahlia Collection: FALL / JAPANESE CHIN / 1959

FALL / JAPANESE CHIN / 1959
Three puppies from the RIU-GU kennel sit next to a tub of plants which includes a dahlia. Owned by Crawford. Date: 1959

Background imageDahlia Collection: Flowers / Larousse 1913

Flowers / Larousse 1913
Annuals & Biannuals: hyacinths, tulips, foxgloves; nasturtiums, chrsyanthemums, lily, sweet peas, pansies, marigold, crocus, eschscholzia, begonia. 1913

Background imageDahlia Collection: Crimson dahlia hybrid, John Standish

Crimson dahlia hybrid, John Standish.. Handcolored botanical drawn and lithographed by W.G. Smith from H.H. Dombrains Floral Magazine 1872. Worthington G

Background imageDahlia Collection: Spray of flowers on a fabric birthday card

Spray of flowers on a fabric birthday card
Spray of pink, mauve and white flowers and red berries on a fabric birthday card with a grey silky fringe. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageDahlia Collection: Dahlias, insert illustration in L Artisan Pratique

Dahlias, insert illustration in L Artisan Pratique
Insert illustration in L Artisan Pratique, a French decorative art magazine. Showing an arrangement of dahlias on a design for a velvet cushion. Date: 1924

Background imageDahlia Collection: Dahlia flower fairy in dress of flowers and leaves

Dahlia flower fairy in dress of flowers and leaves.. Handcolored steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees, Flower Fairies

Background imageDahlia Collection: Wedding and Speciality Cakes

Wedding and Speciality Cakes. Sunflower Cake (Left) and Dahlia Cake (Right) Date: 1936

Background imageDahlia Collection: Dahlia Cake

Dahlia Cake, with special floral decoration in buttercream. Date: 1936

Background imageDahlia Collection: Dahlia hybrid, dahlia

Dahlia hybrid, dahlia
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Dahlia hybrid, dahlia from Mexico

Background imageDahlia Collection: Grandville Dahlia 1847

Grandville Dahlia 1847
DAHLIA Date: 1847

Background imageDahlia Collection: 1950S Flower Picker

1950S Flower Picker
Young woman in denim trousers & hot pink, sleeveless sun top carries a shallow flower basket full to the brim with freshly picked blooms

Background imageDahlia Collection: DAHLIA

DAHLIA
Prize Dahlia

Background imageDahlia Collection: Single Dahlias

Single Dahlias with stellate character


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