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Gossypium Collection

Background imageGossypium Collection: Gossypium barbadense, cotton plant

Gossypium barbadense, cotton plant
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGossypium Collection: Sea Island Cotton, Gossypium barbadense

Sea Island Cotton, Gossypium barbadense. Colour plate by David Blair, F.L.S. from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimen, Medicinal Plants Vol 1 (Nos. 1-69) Ranunculace to Anacardiace? Date: 1880

Background imageGossypium Collection: Mexican cotton, Gossypium hirsutum

Mexican cotton, Gossypium hirsutum
Upland cotton or Mexican cotton, Gossypium hirsutum. (Gossypium tricuspidatum, Gossypium religiosum, Cotone di tre punte)

Background imageGossypium Collection: European sea heath, Frankenia pulverulenta

European sea heath, Frankenia pulverulenta. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

Background imageGossypium Collection: Sprig of the cotton plant, Gossypium hirsutum

Sprig of the cotton plant, Gossypium hirsutum, with bolls and leaves. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a Five Years

Background imageGossypium Collection: Sea island cotton plant, Gossypium barbadense

Sea island cotton plant, Gossypium barbadense. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Background imageGossypium Collection: Tree cotton, Gossypium arboreum

Tree cotton, Gossypium arboreum, Cotoninier. Handcoloured steel engraving by Debray after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Background imageGossypium Collection: Common cotton, Gossypium herbaceum

Common cotton, Gossypium herbaceum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London

Background imageGossypium Collection: Chinese man bowing cotton, Qing Dynasty

Chinese man bowing cotton, Qing Dynasty
Chinese man bowing cotton to remove husks, Qing Dynasty. He uses a bamboo frame to bow the cotton to remove dirt from the cotton down

Background imageGossypium Collection: Levant cotton and tea plant

Levant cotton and tea plant
Levant cotton plant, Gossypium herbaceum, and tea plant, Camellia sinensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Christian Muller from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs

Background imageGossypium Collection: Sea Island cotton, Gossypium barbadense

Sea Island cotton, Gossypium barbadense. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Background imageGossypium Collection: Silk cotton tree at St. Thomas, West Indies

Silk cotton tree at St. Thomas, West Indies
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageGossypium Collection: Silk Cotton tree, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873

Silk Cotton tree, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageGossypium Collection: Levant and Tree cotton

Levant and Tree cotton
Gossypium herbaceum (Levant cotton) and Gossypium arboreum (tree cotton) Date: 1839

Background imageGossypium Collection: Gossypium barbadense, sea cotton

Gossypium barbadense, sea cotton
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London. Showing Gossypium barbadense, sea cotton

Background imageGossypium Collection: Onopordum acanthium, cotton thistle

Onopordum acanthium, cotton thistle
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGossypium Collection: Dendroica castanea, bay-breasted warbler

Dendroica castanea, bay-breasted warbler
Plate 69 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageGossypium Collection: Decorative ceiling panels in the Natural History Museums Ce

Decorative ceiling panels in the Natural History Museums Ce
Coffee, tobacco and cotton - three of the 162 plant designs which form the ceiling decoration of the Central Hall. The plants are of economic or medicinal importance

Background imageGossypium Collection: Bombax heptaphyllum, silk-cotton tree

Bombax heptaphyllum, silk-cotton tree
Illustration from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGossypium Collection: Gopypium beligiosum, nankin cotton

Gopypium beligiosum, nankin cotton
Plate 9 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGossypium Collection: Bombax pentandrum, silk cotton

Bombax pentandrum, silk cotton
Illustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGossypium Collection: Gossypium barbadense, cotton

Gossypium barbadense, cotton
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Show open bolls and flowers of the Gossypium barbadense, cotton plant

Background imageGossypium Collection: Gossypium arboreum, tree cotton

Gossypium arboreum, tree cotton
Duchess of Beauforts Hortus Siccus, 133: 67 (Sloane Herbarium)

Background imageGossypium Collection: Sayornis phoebe, eastern phoebe

Sayornis phoebe, eastern phoebe
Plate 120 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageGossypium Collection: Cotton winding sheet

Cotton winding sheet
Collected during the archaeological excavation at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1984-1986

Background imageGossypium Collection: Gossypium acuminatum, cotton

Gossypium acuminatum, cotton
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGossypium Collection: Gossypium (Cotton)

Gossypium (Cotton)
COTTON PLANT showing flower, seed and the fibre covering the seed which is the basis of cotton products Date: 19th century

Background imageGossypium Collection: Plants / Gossypium Sp

Plants / Gossypium Sp
MALE COTTON PLANT found in Chile


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