Grasses Collection

Grasses. Chromolithograph from Sir William Jackson Hooker, The British Flora, Vol.1. Tab IX. Date: 1842

Whither Away by Florence Mary Anderson
A group of delicate looking fairies and pixies ride around on dragonflies and bees. c.1925

Mitchells Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota, USA
Mitchells Corn Palace, The Worlds Only Corn Palace at Mitchell, South Dakota, USA. The card notes that this building is redecorated annually at a cost of $10

Buttercups and Daisies
A classic English countryside scene in a summer field with buttercups and daisies interspersed among the wild grasses. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Swan Among Reeds
A lovely study of a swan among the reeds at the edge of a river. Date: 1950s

A Couple Boating on the River Thames, 1879
Illustration showing a young couple, boating on the River Thames, enjoying a quiet moment among the long grasses of the river bank

Dahlia Terrace
A childrens short story illustration which shows some earwigs crawling amongst grasses and flowers, observing a sign which advertises Dahlia Terrace. Date: circa 1944

A Bit Of Windswept Country Near The Sea
A landscape painting of a windswept countryside, with tall grasses and trees. Date: circa 1917

Australian Natives
An etching of some native Australian people amongst the tall grasses, next to some extremely tall, thin trees. Date: circa 1925

GRASS ON STEPPE
Scene on the Russian steppe, with feather grass (stipa pennata) and other wild flora Date: 1913

The Malvern Hills above Droitwich, Worcestershire, England
Wind-blown grass on the Malvern Hills above Droitwich, Worcestershire, England Date: 1991

Olive grove, Thassos, Greece
Subtle mixed colours of blossom and poppies in an olive grove in Thassos, Greece. The photograph looks like a painting by a French Impressionist Date: circa 1995

Wreath of everlasting flowers and grasses

Siberian Lemming - adult in winter; feeds on dwarf willow sprouts and dry grass on snow surface (Lemmus sibiricus). tundra of Taimyr peninsula, Kara sea shore, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic

Fulness of Joy Plate 4
A bunch of flowers including what appears to be marigold & a field poppy accompanies a biblical text: Cant. 1.7 Date: circa 1880

Fairy Holds Grasses
A fairy supports herself on a stem by holding onto grasses

Spain and Portugal - Barcelona from Monjure? - View over fields and grasses of distant town. Part of Box 149 Boswell collection - Portugal and Spain. Date: circa 1900

Carrara mountains from the sea-coast, Tuscany, Italy
" the sand dunes stretch for miles between the sea and a low wood of stone-pines, with the Carrara hills descending from their glittering pinnacles by long lines to the headlands of the Spezzian

Illustration, Satyridae -- Libytheidae -- Erycinidae -- Satyrus Maera, Satyrus Megaera, Ephinephile Hyperanthus, Epinephile Janira, Hyperanthus Tithonus, Coenonympha Iphis, Coenonympha Arcania

Frost - ice crystals formed on dry grasses - severe frost in early morning - side of a snow-covered field. near Ekaterinburg - Ural Mountains - Russia - late winter - beginning of March

European / Praying Mantis - hides in long grasses (Mantis religiosa). near river Ural - Orenburg region - July

Bobak / Steppe Marmot - fat adult - ready for hibernation - feeds on grasses near a burrow (Marmota bobak). common in steppes of Orenburg region - South Russia - morning - July

Siberian Lemming muzzle adult nibbles grass by the entrance of the burrow (Lemmus sibiricus ). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Siberian Lemmings - Three young nibble grass and huddle together (adults are a lot more territorial) (Lemmus sibiricus ). new brood of siberian lemmings in tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic

Siberian Lemming - Young nibbles grass at dusk. (Lemmus sibiricus). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Cottongrass sp. - a very typical plant in marshes of tundra (Eriophorum sp.). near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Bengal / Indian TIGER - close-up, snarling, in reeds. Camouflaged, facing camera (Panthera tigris). India

Siberian Lemming - adult on its guard while feeding on scarce vegetation (mostly on grasses) in tundra (Lemmus sibiricus ). Taimyr peninsula, Kara sea shore, Northern Siberia, Russian Arctic

Siberian Lemming - adult feeds on grasses in tundra, next to a patch of flowering wild poppies (Lemmus sibiricus ). Taimyr peninsula, Kara sea shore, Northern Siberia, Russian Arctic

SIBERIAN LEMMING - Feeding on dry grass (Lemmus sibiricus). Tundra of Taimyr peninsula, near Kara sea, Russian Arctic

Cottongrass sp. a very typical plant in marshes of tundra near Dikson (Eriophorum sp.). Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Dry grasses in sunrise over frozen river Hudosey, a tributary of river Taz, and taiga-forest; above the Polar Circle. midwinter; North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Martin Hope Sutton
MARTIN HOPE SUTTON seed merchant, author of a book on grasses in which the Prince Consort took an interest : philanthropist. Date: 1814? - 1901

Potted autumn grasses and Rikka. Print shows two plants with pink and yellow flowers growing in a double wooden flower pot. Date between 1807 and 1812

Grasses. Date between 1830 and 1850

REED SWANS
A lovely study of a swan among the reeds at the edge of a river. Date: 1950s

Karachi - Camel Train
A Camel Train - Karachi. In 1937, Karachi was in India - became part of newly created Pakistan in 1947. The camels appear to be carrying large bundles of reeds

Peaceful Summer pastures
A view across summer pastures of burnt yellow crops and wild grasses toward distant hills, purple in the sun. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Processing reeds and plants
Agricultural processes in a province in North-west India, now a part of modern-day Pakistan. The men are collecting reeds and drying plants on a long string from a rapidly-drying riverbed

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