Exotic Gallery

Jaspideum variety of Dendrobium nobile orchid

Jaspideum variety of Dendrobium nobile orchid.. Illustration drawn by C. de Bruyne and chromolithographed by P. de Pannemaeker from Lucien Linden's Lindenia, Iconography of Orchids, Brussels, 1902

© Florilegius / Mary Evans

Belgium, Botanical, Brussels, Bruyne, Chromolithograph, Dendrobium, Exotic, Flower, Historical, History, Hothouse, Iconography, Illustration, Jaspideum, Linden, Lindenia, Lucien, Nobile, Orchid, Orchids, Tropical, Variety

Exotic dancer by Rene Bull

A stylised illustration by Rene Bull (1872-1942) showing a scantily clad exotic dancer in a beautiful garden hanging with fruits. Bull had travelled to the Middle East and the influence of Oriental art and Arabian customs is expressed here

© Mary Evans Picture Library

1872, 1942, Arabian, Art, Beautiful, Bull, C1915, Clad, Customs, Dancer, East, Exotic, Expressed, Fruits, Garden, Hanging, Historical, History, Illustration, Influence, Middle, Oriental, Rene, Scantily, Showing, Stylised, Travelled

Silver-grey Dorking hen

Silver-grey Dorking hen, Gallus gallus domesticus. Bred by O.F. Cresswell and first prize winner at Ashford, second prize winner at Birmingham 1872. Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks Day & Son after an illustration by J.W. Ludlow from Lewis Wright's The Illustrated Book of Poultry, Cassell, London, 1890

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