Laurel Collection (page 2)

Portrait of Count Georges Buffon inside laurel garland. Copperplate from William Smellies translation of Count Georges Buffons History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Thomas Kelly, London, 1829

Lion, Tigress and Cubs
Lion, Pantera leo, Tigress, Panthera tigris, and hybrid cubs in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by I. W. Cook after W

Lares house gods from a shrine found in Herculaneum
Lares house gods depicted in a Lararium shrine found in Herculaneum. Crowned genii pour libations and bring a boar to sacrfice

Roman noblemen in laurel wreaths and toga at a sacrificial rite. The lack of beards dates the scene to Hadrians or Neros reign. Pompa Sacra. From a bas-relief in the Pio Clementino Museum

Emperor Titus in a quadriga after his victory over Jerusalem
Emperor Titus in a quadriga or four-horse chariot crowned by the personification of Victory on the Arch for TItus. The goddess Roma leads the horses, while Roman citizens and senators watch

Etruscan mural from the necropolis at Tarquinia
Wall painting from the necropolis at Tarquinia. Etruscans tormented by spirits with torches and hammer in the next world 1, and bas-relief of mythical monsters, griffons 2, 3

Roman lictors in toga and laurel wreath
Roman lictors, bodyguards to magistrates, in toga and laurel wreath, with their ceremonial fasces or bipennis. Littori. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes

Plaque depicting the triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Produced by Josiah Wedgwood

Decorative rectangular plate from Rouen with handles. Painted with six putti in laurel wreaths with cello, lute, lyre, quill, torch on a gold ground, bordered with foliage

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

Laurel clockvine or blue trumpet vine, Thunbergia laurifolia. Handcoloured lithograph by D. Blair after an illustration by Lena Lowis from her Familiar Indian Flowers with Coloured Plates, L

Spurge laurel, Daphne laureola, and bristly bellflower, Campanula cervicaria. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Spineless butcher s-broom, Ruscus hypoglossum, and spurge laurel, Daphne laureola. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Lesser periwinkle, Vinca minor, and Alexander s
Lesser periwinkle, Vinca minor, and Alexanders laurel, Ruscus hypoglossum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Wild fullers herb, Saponaria officinalis and oleander, Nerium oleander. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Sheep laurel, Kalmia angustifolia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, London, 1821

Camphor tree, Cinnamomom camphora. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Cherry laurel or common laurel, Prunus laurocerasus. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Mezereon mezereum or spurge laurel, Daphne mezereum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler

Herbs, plantes condimentaires. Oregano or marjoram, Origanum majorana, cherry laurel, Prunus laurocerasus, rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis, and fennel varieties, Foeniculum officinale

English laurel tree, Prunus laurocerasus
Cherry laurel or English laurel tree, Prunus laurocerasus, Cerasus laurocerasus, Laurier-cerise. Handcoloured steel engraving by Debray after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre

February daphne, Daphne mezereum
February daphne, mezereon or spurge laurel, Daphne mezereum (Daphne mezereon). Handcoloured lithograph by A.M. Traice after an illustration by A.W

Bay laurel, camphor and sassafras
Bay laurel, Laurus nobilis 1, camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora 2, and sassafras, Sassafras albidum 3. Laurier commun, Laurier camphrier, Laurier sassafras

Bog laurel, Kalmia polifolia (Kalmia glauca). Handcoloured stipple engraving by Mlle. Brenet after an illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceaus Traite des Arbres et

Mountain laurel or calico bush, Kalmia latifolia. Handcoloured stipple engraving by Mlle. Rollet after an illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceaus Traite des Arbres

Title page vignette of goddess of agriculture
Title page with vignette of Demeter goddess of agriculture with scythe amid statuary in a park. Engraving by Pillement finished by Nee after a painting by Percier

Daphne sericea (Daphne collina). Handcoloured stipple engraving by after an illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceaus Traite des Arbres et Arbustes, Paris, 1804-1819

Woman in the Victory bonnet crowned with leaves and feathers. Bonnet a la Victoire. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzannes Stylish Hairstyle or Eccentric Finery from the era of

Mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia
Le petit Kalm. Mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Cherry laurel and foxglove
Cherry laurel, Prunus laurocerasus 1, and common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Cherry laurel or cherry bay, Prunus laurocerasus. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Spurge laurel, Daphne laureola. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Camphor laurel, Cinnamomum camphora. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Bay tree, sweet bay or true laurel, Laurus nobilis. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London

Mezereon or spurge laurel, Daphne mezereum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Bay laurel or sweet bay, Laurus nobilis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Cherry laurel, Prunus laurocerasus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

A deity (Apollo?) with halo and bow leans against a pillar. A young woman with crown of leaves and laurel branch in her left hand sits on a bench

Terpsichore, muse of dance, holding a lyre
Terpsichore, muse of dance, holding a cithara or lyre. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789

Clio, Roman muse of history, reading a scroll. She wears a laurel wreath, sits on a chair above a Cassettino Cilindrico (cylindrical barrel)

Scottish tartan -- Campbell Clan (comprising the Bannatyne, Burns, Connochie, Denune, MacDiarmid, MacGlasrich, MacIvor, MacKellar, MacTavish, Thomas, Thomson, Caddell, Calder and Loudoun families)

Scottish tartan -- Sutherland Clan (comprising the Cheyne, Federith, Gray, Keith, Mowat and Oliphant families), with butchers broom badge, coat of arms

England is England Still, by J B Geoghegan
Promotional music sheet for England is England Still music hall song of 1886 by J. B. Geoghegan, sung with the greatest success by J W Rowley

Trackless trolley, Laurel Canyon, California, USA
Trackless trolley to Bungalow Land, with driver and passengers, Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Music cover, The Guards Waltz by D Godfrey, dedicated to Lt Col Sir Charles Russell of the Grenadier Guards. 19th century

Guided by Matchless Fortitude, by Julia Matthews, WW1
Guided by Matchless Fortitude, To Peace and Truth Thy Glorious Way Hast Ploughed, watercolour by Julia Matthews, First World War. circa 1918

Curtis British Entomology Plate 368
Lepidoptera: Chelaria rhomboidella = Hypatema rhomboidella (Lobster-clawed Moth) [Plant: Daphne laureola (Laurel Mezereon)] Date: 1824-39

Palm Sunday at Toulon, France 1858
Easter week been celebrated in France, children, accompanied by their parents, to carry with them to high mass the presents they have received from their friends in memory of the time

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