Longa Collection

Dusky coral pea, false sarsaparilla and blackhorm
Dusky coral pea, Kennedia rubicunda 1, false sarsaparilla, Hardenbergia violacea 2, and blackhorm. Kaempferia rotunda 3. Kenedies, Kempferie

Natives of the Kingdom of Kongo playing music and dancing
Natives of the Kingdom of Kongo (Congo) playing various musical instruments and dancing. A gourd-resonated xylophone marimba, a drum ngamba, double bell longa, and two percussion scrapers

Long birthwort, Aristolochia longa, and swallow-wort, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Turmeric or ukon, Curcuma longa, Curcuma. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lagesse after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Garcinia cambogia and turmeric
Brindleberry or garcinia cambogia, Garcinia gummi-gutta, and turmeric, Curcuma longa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Turmeric, Curcuma longa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Kirchner from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). French painter. Oath of the
Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). French painter. Neoclassical. Oath of the Horatii, 1784. Oil on Canvas. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Portugal. Menhir of Piedra Longa. Neolithic Era. Archaeology Museum. Montemor-o-Novo

Rhizome and roots of turmeric, Curcuma longa (Zingiberacea), aromatic herb, spice.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants

Yellow flowers and leaves of turmeric, Curcuma longa (Zingiberacea), aromatic herb, spice.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu

Rhizome and pink inflorescence of turmeric, Curcuma longa L. var. macrophylla Miq. (Zingiberacea).. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu

Turmeric leaves, Curcuma longa L var macrophylla
Turmeric leaves, Curcuma longa L. var. macrophylla Miq. (Zingiberacea).. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Advert for Beatl table lamps 1930
Beatl is a word that will soon be well known as word china - for Beatl is the name of the wonderful new material that is rapidly replacing china and glass everywhere

Advert for Beatl picnic basket 1930
No more breakages, no soggy paper plates and cups. Bright and colourful Beatl picnic basket. Date: 1930

Aventinus Silvius
AVENTINUS SILVIUS 12th King of Alba Longa. This kingdom preceded the arrival of Romulus and Remus at Rome

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