Indigo Collection

Colour wheel, by Robert Arthur Wilson. The artist gave a BBC radio broadcast in May 1920 on Colour: its meaning and use, logic, mystery, symbolism and power. 1919

Gouldian Finches & Indigo Finch
From a series of postcards. 1937

Indigo or nil, Indigofera tinctoria. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Indigofera tinctora, indigo
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Music cover, Barcelona Indigo - Yes- Indigo
Music cover, Barcelona, Indigo - Yes- Indigo, a Nutty 6/8 One-Step, words by Raymond Wallace, music by Tolchard Evans. Date: 1926

Indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea, males in different stages of plumage 1, 2, 3, and female 4. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens

Blueberry ash, Elaeocarpus cyaneus, Eleocarpus turchino. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

False indigo-bush, Amorpha fruticosa (Fragrant bastard indigo, Amorpha fragrans). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert

Sprig of the indigo plant, Indigofera tinctoria, and square of indigo ready for use as dye. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of

Indigo tree, glory pea, kennedya, and other species
Violet-coloured indigo tree, Indigofera violacea, coronilla-leaved swainsonia, Swainsonia coronillaefolia, crimson glory pea, Clianthus puniceus, Mr

Guatemalan indigo, Indigofera suffruticosa
Guatemalan indigo or small-leaved indigo, Indigofera suffruticosa (Indigofera anil). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants

Indigo plant and indri
Indigo plant, Indigofera atropurpurea 1-3, and indri or babakoto, Indri indri, critically endangered lemur 4. Indigotier, indri. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pedretti after an illustration by A

Persian buttercup and Chinese indigo
Persian buttercup, Ranunculus asiaticus 1, and Chinese indigo, Persicaria tinctoria 2. Renoncule, Renouee. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d

Fire escape, painters easel and indigo mills
Daniel Maseres original suspension pulley and fire escape machine simplified by Mr. Forster, painters easel and indigo mills. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

Comely indigo, Indigofera decora. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London

Dosua indigo, Indigofera dosua. From the Botanical Garden of Saharunpur, India. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical

Anil and dyers madder
Anil or wild indigo, Indigofera suffruticosa 1, and dyers madder, Rubia tinctorum 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Guatamalan indigo and true indigo
Guatamalan indigo, Indigofera suffruticosa (a-c), and true indigo, Indigofera tinctoria (d-h). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr

INDIGO CULTIVATION 1871
A montage of engravings illustrating the cultivation of indigo. Date: 1871

INDIGO LADEN SHIPS
Boats in India laden with indigo. Date: 1850

Indigo factory in India
The processing of Indigo in India. Date: 1878

Indigo manufacture in Tirhoot 1869
Indigo manufacture in Tirhoot, Lower Bengal, showing indigo being unloaded from carts and hand beaten. Date: 1869

DYEING CLOTH WITH INDIGO
Indigo in India. Lengths of cloth are dyed and dried in the sun. Date: 1878

Indigo manufactory in India
An indigo manufactory in India, processing dyestuff from the indigofera plant. Date: circa 1770

Indigo Factory at Sultanganj, Bihar, India
Indigo (a natural dye extracted from plants) Factory at Sultanganj, a city and a notified area in Bhagalpur district in the Indian state of Bihar, situated on the south bank of Ganga river

Indigo Cultivation / India
The cultivation of indigo in India. Ploughing in the factory zyraths

Dwarf bastard indigo, Amorpha nana.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn by John Curtis and engraved by Weddell from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1819, Samuel Curtis, Walworth, London

Passerina cyanea, indigo bunting
Plate 74 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

Indigofera pratensis, forest indigo

R for Rainbow. Front cover from Treasure no. 44 (16 November 1963)

Ai (Indigo). Drawing shows a stem with leaves and flowers of the Japanese Ai (indigo) plant, also known as Polygonum tinctorium. Date 187-

Indigofera Candicans
White-Leaved Indigo

Indigo Factory / India
The processing of Indigo in India: Beating by machinery (1 of 4)

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