Erica Collection

Diana Bridgeman with daughters
Diana Bridgeman, born Diana Wilson, married Maurice Bridgeman (younger brother to the 2nd Viscount Bridgeman) in 1933. Here she is pictured with her eldest two daughters, Theresa Anne (b)

Mrs Maurice Bridgeman with daughters
Diana Bridgeman (d. 1979), previously Diana Wilson. Here seen with her two eldest daughters, Erica Jane (b. 1934) and Teresa Anne (b. 1937). Date: 1939

Erica species
Tumid heath, Erica tumida, Mr. Jacksons heath, Erica jacksonii, Dr. Neills heath, Erica neillii, Mr. Aitons heath, Erica aitoniana, Sir Joseph Banks heath, Erica banksiana, glowing heath

Plane tree, Platanus species, and heath, Erica species. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Tril heath, Erica vestita coccinea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after George Loddiges from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1817

Coral sea fans or Alcyonacea species
Coral sea fan, Alcyonacea species, Isidis palma 1, Erica marina 2, and sea fan, Alcyonacea species, Keratophyton spinosum nigrum 3

Great flowered Heath, Bright red Heath, Porcelain Heath, Solitude. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora

Cross-leaved heath, Erica tetralix. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London

Bladder heath, Erica physodes (Mr. Lamberts hybrid heath, Erica lambertiana). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mills from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Heath, Erica viscaria subsp. gallorum (Echium flowered scarlet heath, Erica coccinea var. echiiflora). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S

Erica holosericea (Andromeda-flowered heath, Erica andromediflora). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mills from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Massons heath, Erica massonii (Clothed hybrid heath, Erica pseudo-vestita). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Smith after a botanical illustration by MIlls from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Drooping round-headed heath, Erica florida var. campanulata
Drooping round-headed heath, bell-flowered variety, Erica florida var. campanulata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter Fitch from William Jackson Hookers

Honeywort-flowered heath, Erica cerinthoides. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1793

Lady Ann Monsons heath, Erica monsonia. Handcoloured botanical engraving from John Sims Curtiss Botanical Magazine, Couchman, London, 1816

Monadelphous heath, Erica monadelpha. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine, London, 1811

Herbaceous heath, Erica herbacea. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787

Curtis British Entomology Plate 35
Coleoptera: Cryptocephalus bipustulatus = Cryptocephalus biguttatus (Yellow-tipped Cryptocephalus. Identity corrected by John Owen, 2006) [Plant: Erica cinerea (Fine-leaved Heath)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 13
Hymenoptera: *Eumenes atricornis Fab. = Eumenes coronatus (doubtfully British, but cf. Eumenes coarctatus) [Plant: Erica tetralix (Cross-leaved Heath)] Date: 1824-39

Erica carnea - winter heath, winter flowering heather, spring heath, alpine heath. Date: circa 1930s

PLANTS / ERICA CINEREA
BELL HEATHER Date: 1891

Erica taxifolia - Coloured engraving by D. MacKenzie based on a watercolour by Franz Bauer. Delineations of exotick plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew, t. 19, London, 1793. Date: 1793

Erica fascicularis - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Erica mucasa - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Erica sexfaria, heather - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Erica cluerta - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Erica - French pop singer
Erica, French pop singer, in the foyer of Dollys discotheque, wearing a long black and white dress by James Wedge, from Top Gear. Date: 1966

Erica varieties: pink Thomsonii and scarlet Mooreana heaths.. Drawn and zincographed by C. T. Rosenberg, for Thomas Moores The Garden Companion and Florists Guide, 1852

Fragrant heath, Erica fragrans.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn by John Curtis and engraved by Weddell from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1820, Samuel Curtis, Walworth, London

Thrift flowered heath, Erica rubella.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn by John Curtis and engraved by Weddell from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1820, Samuel Curtis, Walworth, London

Concave heath, Erica concava.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn by John Curtis and engraved by Weddell from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1820, Samuel Curtis, Walworth, London

Pendent-flowered heath, Erica propendens.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn by John Curtis and engraved by Weddell from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1820, Samuel Curtis, Walworth, London

Bonplands heath, Erica bonplandiana.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn by John Curtis and engraved by Weddell from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1820, Samuel Curtis, Walworth, London

Leucopogon ruscifolius, bearded heath
Finished watercolour by John Cleveley from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Carduelis flavirostris, twite
Plate 50 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Epacris longiflora, fuschia heath
Outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Andersonia caerulea, foxtail
Plate 96 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Banksia ericifolia, heath banksia
Finished watercolour by James Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

RHS garden at Wisley, Woking, Surrey
Part of the Royal Horticultural Societys garden at Wisley, Woking, Surrey, showing pink and purple Erica (heather, of the Ericaceae family) in the middle of a large lawn

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