Fig Collection

Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - Large fig factory
The scale of the fig industry at Izmir is demonstrated in this postcard showing a huge warehouse with a multitude of baskets and workers

Fig, Ficus carica. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Ficus elastica, Indian rubber tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at The Natural History Museum, London

Statue of Harpocrates, Greek god of silence
Statue of Arpocrate or Harpocrates, Greek god of silence. He holds a horn and wears a lotus flower on his head. Found in Hadrians Villa at Tivoli

Orange, citron, fig and almond
Fruits including citron, Citrus medica 1, 2, bitter orange, Citrus aurantium 3, sweet or Chinese orange, Citrus sinensis 4, fig, Ficus carica 5, and almond, Prunus amygdalus 6

Fig sorting - Djanik Elmassian Fig Factory, Izmir, Turkey
Fig sorting at the Djanik Elmassian Fig Factory and depot at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey. A very traditional scene in the main fig-producing region in Turkey. Date: circa 1910s

Ficus glomerata, doomar or gular
Plate 532 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Advertising card for Izmir (Smyrna) Figs
A delightful advertising card for Djanik Elmassians Diana Brand Genuine Smyrna Figs from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - showing the Roman Aqueduct

Forceps and Bandages
A selection of medical appliances, including forceps and a hook to extract bullets (fig 8). Also bandage application diagrams

Eastern prickly pear, Opuntia ficus-indica (Opuntia vulgaris). Handcoloured lithograph by D. Blair after an illustration by Lena Lowis from her Familiar Indian Flowers with Coloured Plates, L

Sacred fig tree or peepal tree, Ficus religiosa. Pipal Banyan. Handcoloured steel engraving drawn and engraved by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire

Fig Tree growing out of a tomb in Watford Churchyard
A Fig Tree growing out of a tomb in Watford Churchyard - the legend runs that a lady buried in the vault from which the tree is growing was an atheist

Prickly pear or Indian fig opuntia, Opuntia ficus-indica (Opuntia vulgaris). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk - The Patriot
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938) - a Turkish army officer, revolutionary, and founder of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President from 1923 until his death

Ancient fig tree, Heliopolis, Egypt, Victorian period

Tunisia - a trader in a shops in the medina of Tunis
Tunisia - a fantastic photographic portrait of a trader in a shop in the medina of Tunis. Possibly a fruit seller? Date: circa 1908

McDonnell F-4C Phantom 63-7568
United States Air Force (USAF) - McDonnell F-4C-19-MC Phantom 63-7568 (msn 612), of the New York ANG 136th TFS/107th FiG, based at Niagara Falls Airport. NY. Date: circa 1985

McDonnell F-4C Phantom 64-0691
United States Air Force (USAF) - McDonnell F-4D-22-MC Phantom 64-0691 (msn 832), of the New York ANG 136th TFS/107th FiG, based at Niagara Falls Airport. NY. Date: circa 1985

McDonnell F-4C Phantom 65-0581
United States Air Force (USAF) - McDonnell F-4D-26-MC Phantom 65-0581 (msn 1472), of the New York ANG 136th TFS/107th FiG, based at Niagara Falls Airport. NY. Date: circa 1985

Comic postcard, Primitive couple in fig leaves Date: 20th century

False Christmas cactus, Schlumbergera truncata (Epiphyllum truncatum). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse

Cornucopian shrub, Copianthus indica, Hil. Dec. Tom. 1, Copianthe des Indes. Amaranthus species. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier

Brown soft scale, Coccus hesperidum, on a leaf
Brown soft scale, Coccus hesperidum (Lecanium ficorum) on a leaf. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches

Fruits, nuts and seeds
Fruit, nuts and seeds including cannabis, fig, mulberry, beech, seagrape, rhubarb, buckwheat, laurel, nutmeg, mace, jabillo, castor oil, euphorbia, etc

Statue of the Roman Emperor Hadrian as the Roman god of war Mars with shield and sword. Found in Ceperano. Copperplate engraving by Gio

Young hero in a diadem, commonly known as Ptolemy of Epirus. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by L. Agricola from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilis Il Museo Capitolino

Statue of an Egyptian priest found in the Canopus of Hadrians Villa at Tivoli. Copperplate engraving by Giacomo Bossi after an illustration by A

Gladiator standing up and defending himself with his arm. Copperplate engraving by Gio. Petrini after an illustration by A

Sycamore fig tree, Ficus sycomorus. Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattiolis Discorsi di P.A

Fig marigold species
White-leaved fig marigold, Mesembryanthemum albidum, three-coloured, M. tricolor, red-edged, M. rubrocinctum, never-closing fig marigold, M. inclaudens, and glittering fig marigold, M. micans

Rubber fig tree, Ficus elastica (Urostigma elasticum). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Lesser celandine or pilewort, Ficaria verna, Ficaria ranunculoides, Ficaire fauss renoncule. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar

Fig sphinx, huckleberry sphinx and pawpaw sphinx moths
Fig sphinx moth, Pachylia ficus 1, huckleberry sphinx, Paonias astylus 2, and pawpaw sphinx, Dolba hyloeus 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Bearded fig marigold, Mesembryanthemum barbatum. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1789

Aethephyllum pinnatifidum (Jagged-leaved fig marigold, Mesembryanthemum pinnatifidum). Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine

Two-coloured fig marigold, Mesembryanthemum bicolorum. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787

Hatchet-leav d fig marigold, Mesembryanthemum dolabriforme. Handcolured copperplate engraving and botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh

Common dwarf Indian fig, Cactus opuntia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by John Curtis from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, Samuel Curtis, London, 1823

Cochineal cactus and Kermes oak
Cochineal cactus or Indian fig opuntia, Opuntia ficus-indica, with cochineal beetle, Dactylopius coccus. Kermes beetle, Kermes vermilio, with Kermes oak, Quercus coccifera

Common fig, Ficus carica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse, (Handbook of all medical-pharmaceutical plants)

ATLAS (SCULPTURE)
statue of Atlas bearing the globe, known as the Farnese Atlas, in the Museo Nazionale of Napoli; the fig leaf looks suspiciously like a later addition

United States Air Force - Convair F-106A Delta Dart 57-2478 of the 456th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron in the mid to late 1960s Jun 1959 - 81st F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA24 Jun 59 - To

Advert for Dewars Whisky 1924
Advert for Scotch Whisky by Dewars, Dewars the spirit of the Empire. Date: 1924

Mycenae, treasury of Atreus
Details of the construction of a Tholos tomb at Mycenae, dubbed the Treasury of Atreus. The inward laid corbelled masonry was topped with a capstone (Fig. 5). Date: 1855

LIORETS PHONOGRAPH 1897
Fig.1 Phonograph recording at the Trocadero in Paris Fig. 2 Phonograph ensemble Fig.3 Needle and cylinder Date: 1897

Italy - Indian Fig Seller. Date: circa 1901

Early Christian art. Spain. Sarcophagus decorated with scenes from the Old and New Testaments. From right to left: Sacrifice of Isaac, Jesus speaks to Zacchaeus climbed on the fig tree

Comic postcard, Two women and a Scotsman Date: 20th century

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