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Flowers and foliage on an assortment of Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s
Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (1271-1336). Engraving. ColoredSaint Elizabeth of Portugal (1271-1336). Queen consort of Portugal. Colored engraving. 19th century
Bystander Riviera number cover 1935Smart society enjoying the sunshine and amusements of the French Riviera in 1935. Front cover of The Bystander magazines special Riviera number
Turkey. Istanbul. Mausoleum of Roxela. 16th century. Wife of Suleyman I. Tiling. Detail
Bouquet of flowers in a stone niche, 1618, by Ambrosius BossAmbrosius Bosschaert the Elder (1573-1621). Dutch painter. Bouquet of flowers in a stone niche, 1618. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark
Advertisement, Morny Paris perfume, Essence Mysterieuse. 1918
White lilies and dragonfly on a Christmas cardWhite lilies and a dragonfly on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Livng Room by Betty JoelA light living room with wooden floor and matching wooden furniture. Date: 1933
Tatler cover - Christian Dior suitFront cover of The Tatler featuring a model wearing a Christian Dior suit of fine navy-blue wool with a wide organdie collar trimmed with grosgrain
Christmas arrangement of holly, flowers and bellChristmas arrangement of holly and flowers with a bell hanging above, all dusted with white powder
Botanical Sketchbook -- Common Daisy. Date: 1920s
The Butterfly by BarribalGorgeous and sumptuous illustration by William Barribal featuring a woman dressed as a butterfly. Date: 1914
Jamaica, West Indies - Banana Blossoms and fruit. Date: circa 1910s
London Life - A Flower Seller in Piccadilly Circus Date: circa 1940
Late Victorian Wedding partyA superb photograph of late Victorian Wedding party focusing on the bridal group. All show perfect serious face expressions, in keeping with the formality of the occasion (it seems!). Date: circa 1895
St. Pauls Minnesota, USA - Conservatory at Como Park and the Sunken Gardens Date: circa 1920s
Design for Borders (Wallpaper). Gouache on copy paper. Silver Studio. 1933
Cordia sebestena, geiger treeEngraving from Natural History of Jamaica Tab 164 by Sir Hans Sloane. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Tilia albaIllustration 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
Crocus sativus, saffronPlate 25 from Le Regne Vegetal. Vol 10 Flore Medicale Atlas 3 (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
A Mussoorie Specimen of the common Toad of all IndiaWatercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952
Handpainted plate by Maria Sibylla MerianIllustration from Neues Blumenbuch (New Book of Flowers) by Maria Sibylla Merian, published in 1680
Rhynchoglossum obliquumEngraving by Franz Bauer from a drawing by Ferdinand Bauer, published in Plantae javanicae raroriores (1838)
Amorphophallus bulbifer, voodoo lilyPlate 1109 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Viola tricolor, heartseaseFolio 62 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Gentiana sp. purple gentianIllustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Dacelo novaeguineae, laughing kookaburraDrawing No. 57, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection
Papaver somniferum, Opium poppyDrawing by Arthur Harry Church in 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Crocus sativa, saffronPlate 93 from Botanicum Medicinale (1759) by Timothy Sheldrake. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Cirtus paradisi, grapefruitTab 66 from Histoire naturelle des Orangers 1818-1820 by Antoine Risso. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This illustration is entitled Pompelmouse chadec
Primula vulgaris, common primroseIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. By William Kilburn (1745-1818)
Correa alba, white correaFinished watercolour by James Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Rosa indica (chinensis), China rosePainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33. Illustration entitled Rosier Bengale the hymenee
Silhouette of two small childrenA girl and boy, hand-in-hand, walk through the countryside, picking flowers as they go. c. 1925
Little girl watering flowers by Muriel DawsonA little girl watering flowers in a garden, by Muriel Dawson. circa 1930s
Study of plants and flowers. Renaissance art. Drawing
Still life of flowersBreugel, Jan, The Elder, called Velvet Bruegel (1568-1625). Still life of flowers. Flemish art. Oil
Decorative end papers, Art Gout Beaute, 1924Decorative end papers in blue, black and gold, Art Gout Beaute, 1924. 1924
Covent Garden Market, London Date: circa 1907
The Princess of Wales, later Queen MaryQueen Mary (Princess Mary of Teck) (1867-1953), wife of the future King George V, when she was Princess of Wales. Date: early 20th century
Young woman holding a baby, with sunflowersA young woman holding a baby, looking at some sunflowers. first published 1879
Birthday Greetings with spray of flowersBirthday Greetings -- a spray of pink and white flowers on a birthday postcard. Date: early 20th century
Gardens at Tewin, HertfordshireView of gardens at the village of Tewin, near Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, showing many shades of tulips growing in an open, grassy area
Reginald Malby working in his gardenReginald Malby (1882-1924), official photographer to the Royal Horticultural Society, working in his garden
Hall of the Royal Horticultural Society, LondonView from the balcony of the Lawrence Hall of the Royal Horticultural Society, Central London, with an exhibition taking place
Twos Company by Muriel DawsonA little boy in blue dungarees and a wide brimmed sun hat, holds hands with a little girl wearing a pink dress and bonnet as they walk together picking flowers
The Fairies Aeroplane by Muriel DawsonTwo little girls sit in a field of flowers looking at a hovering dragonfly
Mao statue in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, ChinaA large statue of Chairman Mao Tse Dong in Zhongshan Square (once called Red Flag Square) at Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China