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Woman gathering tea, China. 1857
Supplement front cover, The Seven Ages by Louis Wain - Shakespeares Seven Ages of Man, reapplied to cats! Design in the form of a coat of arms, with the Latin motto: Cave Canem (Beware of the Dog)
Autumn leavesChildren chasing leaves as they fall from the trees. Artist: Kathleen Wallis Coates Date: circa 1922
The Year of the Poets -- Spring Holidays, to illustrate a range of spring poems, showing people dancing round a maypole, and other seasonal activities. Date: 1845
The Year of the Poets -- The Young Spring, to illustrate Lusty Spring (Edmund Spenser). Date: 1845
The Year of the Poets -- Miltons Spring Flowers. Date: 1845
The Year of the Poets -- four seasons, introducing quotations on the subject of nature from various English poets. Date: 1845
Three varieties of British shrew -- Oared Shrew (Sorex remifer), Water Shrew (Sorex fodiens) and Common Shrew (Sorex araneus). Date: 1843
Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) in the spring. Date: 1843
Advert, Peter & Mark Hurll, Brick and Sewer Pipes, GlenboigAdvert for Peter & Mark Hurll, Brick and Sewer Pipe Works, Glenboig and Glasgow, Scotland. 1905
Advert, Lindsay & Low Ltd, Confectionery, DundeeAdvert, Lindsay & Low Ltd, Manufacturers of Confectionery, Chocolates, Peels, Marmalade and Jams, Dundee, Scotland. 1905
Advert, Hugh Martin & Sons, Coatbridge, ScotlandAdvert for Hugh Martin & Sons, Coatbridge Iron Works, Coatbridge, Scotland. 1905
Advert, Hall, Dunbar & Co, Paint and Polishes, LeithAdvert for Hall, Dunbar & Co, Paint and Polishes, Leith, Scotland. 1905
Green man from medieval pageantsPageantry. A green man or monstrous wilde man holding a large firework from 1635. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Wild man from medieval pageantsPageantry. A wild man dressed in leaves, from a ballad of Robin Good Fellow. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus
Wild men from medieval pageantsPageantry. A wild man dressed in leaves, from a ballad of Robin Good Fellow, and a green man or monstrous wilde man holding a large firework from 1635
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
Sprig of the tamarind tree, Tamarindus indica, with leaves and pod. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a Five Years Expedition
Sprig of the coffee tree, Coffea arabica, with drupes D, coffee beans F and leaves B, C. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a
Chocolate pot, vase, cup and saucerGreen chocolate pot with Three Graces and dancing nymphs (top); blue ewer or vase with Venus and Cupid (bottom); white cup and saucer with ivy leaves; and green cup and saucer with Venus
Flowerpot, teapot, cup and saucerTricolor flowerpot, cup and saucer with fern leaves, and teapot from the Bale service. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood
Decorative ornaments with centaurs and harpies in the oecus or living room in the house of Lucius Caecilius Iucundus. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno
Wall paintings of foliage, fruit, festoons, cupids and PanWall paintings of foliage, fruit and cupid from House of the Epigrams, V.1.18, arabesque from Casa dei Guerrieri or the House of the Bronzehandlers, I.3.25
Pitcher from Avignon, Vaucluse, France, decorated with leaves and figures. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur
Plum or prune, Prunus domestica, with ripe fruit, branch and leaves. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849
Peach fruit, Prunus persica, section through white flesh and red flesh varieties. Handcoloured steel engraving by Debray after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A
Varieties of pyralid moths with fruit and leavesVarieties of pyralid moths, Pyralidae, causing damage to leaves and fruit. Pyrales. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle
Comfrey, Symphytum officinale (foliis luteo-marginatis) with yellow-edged leaves. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe
Red grapes, Vitis vinifera. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe, Ghent
Funeral wake among the Luanda people of Angola. Mourners wail as visitors arrive to view the corpse in a hut, the women wearing fragrant leaves on their heads
Women playing congkak in a Timorese house in Kupang, 19th century. The house is built of bamboo and palm leaves and furnished with benches, armchair and pillows
Maori family in Dusky Bay, New Zealand. The man holds a taiaha club, the woman a spear, and all wear cloaks of skins or leaves
Chinese porcelain vases and teapots decorated with bamboo, cherry blossom, lizards, leaves and branches. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient
Tools, weapons and instruments of the Camacan people, BrazilTools and weapons of the Camacan people of Bahia, Brazil. Bow 1, arrow 2, 3, woven apron 4, bag 5, headdress with foliage 6, a gourd percussion instrument or kechieeh 7
Nomadic Puri family relaxing in a hut, BrazilNomadic Puri family relaxing in a hut made of leaves and branches, man lying in hammock, woman roasting meat on a fire. Amazon, Brazil
Title page vignette of goddess of agricultureTitle 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
Costume of King Richard II of EnglandCostume of King Richard II, in short full tunic edged with fur, belted at the hips with a girdle, pointed shoes, roundlet headdress with long tail and crown of fabric cut in the form of leaves
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
Un Arbre sans feuilles. Tree without leaves. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses
Great American aloe, Agave americana (Great American aloe, with variegated leaves, Agave americana var. foliis variegatis)
A winged Victory, with shield and wreath of oak leaves. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789
Bacchic rites of ThalysiaTwo ministers of Bacchus with sacrificial offerings of leaves, cembalo (cymbal) and patera (bowl). Perhaps the festival of Thalysia
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
Bacchus watching a fight between Cupid and a satyrBacchus in crown of vine leaves watching a fight between Cupid and a satyr. Silenus has his right hand on the head of a satyr
Jupiter on cloudsJupiter in the clouds with his symbols of a crown of oak leaves, thunderbolt, rainbow, eagle and sceptre, and Bacchus and Ariadne serenaded by Apollo on his lyre at their wedding
Bacchus with thyrsus, tripod horn and crown of leaves standing in a forest. He stands on a drunken satyr in front of a statue of Priapus
Canephorae virgin in a rite of BacchusCanephorae virgin with thyrsus, crown of vine leaves, and basket of fruit leading a rite of Bacchus. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano)
Black hairstreak, Satyrium pruni, on oak leavesBlack hairstreak butterfly, Satyrium pruni, on oak leaves. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele