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Pea Collection

Background imagePea Collection: Pea Apparatus by William Heath Robinson

Pea Apparatus by William Heath Robinson
An interesting and elegant apparatus designed to overcome once for all the difficulties of conveying green peas to the mouth

Background imagePea Collection: Lear / Owl & Pussycat / C19

Lear / Owl & Pussycat / C19
The Owl & the Pussy-Cat went to sea, In a beautiful pea- green boat; They took some honey, & plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five-pound note

Background imagePea Collection: The Owl and The Pussycat

The Owl and The Pussycat
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five pound note

Background imagePea Collection: Varieties of edible-podded pea, or sugar pea

Varieties of edible-podded pea, or sugar pea. Chromolithograph, by G. Severeyns, of Brussels, from Ernst Benary, Album Benary. Date: 1876-86

Background imagePea Collection: Annual and Biannual flowers

Annual and Biannual flowers
A wonderful array of garden flowers in bloom including chrysanthemums, foxgloves (digitalis), hollyhocks, pansies, sweet peas, gladioli, iris, petunias and nasturtiums. Date: 1930

Background imagePea Collection: London in fog

London in fog - a real Pea Souper. The statue of Queen Boudicca of the Iceni on the banks of the River Thames at Westminster at is rended into dramatic silhouette

Background imagePea Collection: Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven childre

Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California. Photograph shows Florence Thompson with three of her children in a photograph known as Migrant

Background imagePea Collection: Varieties of pea (Pisum sativum) - second

Varieties of pea (Pisum sativum) - second. Chromolithograph, by G. Severeyns, of Brussels, from Ernst Benary, Album Benary. Date: 1876-86

Background imagePea Collection: Princess and the Pea

Princess and the Pea
I have scarcely closed my eyes all night, complains the princess, proving that she is a REAL princess, so sensitive that single a pea beneath her mattress keeps her awake

Background imagePea Collection: Thames Embankment by night - View toward Westminster, London

Thames Embankment by night - View toward Westminster, London
Thames Embankment by night - View toward the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London. Note the elctricity saving of only lighting every other light. Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePea Collection: Ducks and Green Peas by Miss E Mitchell

Ducks and Green Peas by Miss E Mitchell
" Ducks and Green Peas" by Miss E Mitchell. A girl shells peas while ducklings cluster round her hoping to eat some of the fallers. Date: 1890

Background imagePea Collection: Jequirity bean or rosary pea, Abrus precatorius

Jequirity bean or rosary pea, Abrus precatorius, Abro da corone. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Background imagePea Collection: Edible tubers and fruit, tubercules alimentaires

Edible tubers and fruit, tubercules alimentaires. Earth almond, Cyperus esculentus, peanut or groundnut, Arachis hypogaea, mashua, Tropaeolum tuberosum, potato bean, Apios tuberosa, and tuberous pea

Background imagePea Collection: Dusky coral pea, false sarsaparilla and blackhorm

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

Background imagePea Collection: Man walks his dog in thick fog along banks of the River Dee

Man walks his dog in thick fog along banks of the River Dee
Man walking his dog in thick fog along the banks of the River Dee in Kirkkudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland Date: 2005

Background imagePea Collection: Gorse in Bloom

Gorse in Bloom
Etching showing gorse in bloom, a yellow shrub of the pea family. They cover a landscape, centred by five tall trees with a silhouetteed form. Date: circa 1930

Background imagePea Collection: Man removing peas from froster in Birds Eye factory

Man removing peas from froster in Birds Eye factory
Man removing peas from a froster in Birds Eye factory. The peas have been quick-frozen, ready for storage at sub-zero temperature. Date: circa 1970s

Background imagePea Collection: Woman inspecting peas in Birds Eye factory

Woman inspecting peas in Birds Eye factory
Woman inspecting peas in a Birds Eye factory before they are quick-frozen. Date: circa 1970s

Background imagePea Collection: English huntsman fording a river with fox hounds

English huntsman fording a river with fox hounds, 19th century. Facey Romford urging his horse up the opposite river bank. Captain Spurrier cut down by Romford

Background imagePea Collection: Papaya, papaw or pawpaw tree and fruit, Carica papaya

Papaya, papaw or pawpaw tree and fruit, Carica papaya, Carica papaja. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Background imagePea Collection: Manchineel or beach apple tree, Hippomane mancinella

Manchineel or beach apple tree, Hippomane mancinella. Mancinella venenata, Mancinella velenosa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze

Background imagePea Collection: Bristly crab, light-blue soldier crab and pea crab

Bristly crab, light-blue soldier crab and pea crab
Bristly crab, Pilumnus hirtellus 1, light-blue soldier crab, Mictyris longicarpus 2, pea crab, Pinnotheres pisum 3. Pilunno irto, Mittire longicarpo, Pinnotere pisello

Background imagePea Collection: Fossils of extinct sea snails

Fossils of extinct sea snails. Proto maraschinii, Turritella, Potamides fragilis, Nerina tuberculosa. Proto del Maraschiini, Proto turritella, Potamide fragile, Nerina turbercolosa

Background imagePea Collection: Woman in yellow chiffon night gown and hat getting into bed

Woman in yellow chiffon night gown and hat getting into bed
Woman in yellow chiffon night gown and hat, bed with striped curtains, white doves in foreground. Costume et coiffure de nuit en mousseline jaune

Background imagePea Collection: Woman in pea-green dress with embroidered satin skirt

Woman in pea-green dress with embroidered satin skirt, blue vest, scarlet tie, cloche hat playing with a bird. Robe a volant de satin brode

Background imagePea Collection: Magellan everlasting pea or Lord Ansons pea

Magellan everlasting pea or Lord Ansons pea, Lathyrus magellanicus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Frederick W. Smith after J

Background imagePea Collection: Crimson glory pea, Clianthus puniceus

Crimson glory pea, Clianthus puniceus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after J.T. Hart from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854

Background imagePea Collection: Captain Greys swainsonia or darling pea, Swainsona greyana

Captain Greys swainsonia or darling pea, Swainsona greyana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden

Background imagePea Collection: Round-leaved everlasting pea, Lathyrus rotundifolius

Round-leaved everlasting pea, Lathyrus rotundifolius var. ellipticus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after J.T. Hart from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G

Background imagePea Collection: Chickling pea, subterranean lathyrus or earth-pea

Chickling pea, subterranean lathyrus or earth-pea, Lathyrus amphicarpos. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The

Background imagePea Collection: Narrow-leaved everlasting pea, Lathyrus sylvestris

Narrow-leaved everlasting pea, Lathyrus sylvestris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Background imagePea Collection: Meadow vetchling, Lathyrus pratensis

Meadow vetchling, Lathyrus pratensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1799

Background imagePea Collection: Broad-leaved everlasting sweetpea, Lathyrus latifolius

Broad-leaved everlasting sweetpea, Lathyrus latifolius. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Background imagePea Collection: Yellow pea, Lathyrus aphaca

Yellow pea, Lathyrus aphaca. Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattiolis Discorsi di P.A

Background imagePea Collection: Asian pigeonwings, butterfly pea or Darwin

Asian pigeonwings, butterfly pea or Darwin pea, Clitoria ternatea. Handcoloured lithograph by D. Blair after an illustration by Lena Lowis from her Familiar Indian Flowers with Coloured Plates, L

Background imagePea Collection: Everlasting pea and vetch species

Everlasting pea and vetch species
Lord Ansons pea, Lathyrus magellanicus, large-flowered everlasting pea, Lathyrus grandiflorus, blue-flowered platystylis, Platystylis cyanea, hairy bitter vetch, Orobus hirsutus

Background imagePea Collection: Indigo tree, glory pea, kennedya, and other species

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

Background imagePea Collection: Spring pea, Lathyrus vernus, and lentil, Lens culinaris

Spring pea, Lathyrus vernus, and lentil, Lens culinaris. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imagePea Collection: Garden pea, Pisum sativum

Garden pea, Pisum sativum
Garden pea varieties, Pisum sativum (P. majus and P. minus). Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imagePea Collection: Bush pea, Pultenaea stipularis

Bush pea, Pultenaea stipularis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after Thomas Shotter Boys from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825

Background imagePea Collection: Dusky coral pea, Camptosema rubicundum, native to Australia

Dusky coral pea, Camptosema rubicundum, native to Australia. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Background imagePea Collection: Shamrock pea or blue oxalis, Parochetus communis

Shamrock pea or blue oxalis, Parochetus communis. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Background imagePea Collection: Sweet pea, Lathyrus odoratus, and calligraphic poem

Sweet pea, Lathyrus odoratus, and calligraphic poem. Chromolithograph by Louis Prang from Alice Ward Baileys Flower Fancies, Boston, 1889

Background imagePea Collection: Sea pea, Lathyrus japonicus subsp. maritimus

Sea pea, Lathyrus japonicus subsp. maritimus (Pisum maritimum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes

Background imagePea Collection: Everlasting pea, Lathyrus latifolius

Everlasting pea, Lathyrus latifolius
Le grand Lathyre. Everlasting pea, Lathyrus latifolius. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Background imagePea Collection: Darling pea, Swainsona greyana

Darling pea, Swainsona greyana
Darling pea or Captain Greys swainsona, Swainsona greyana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register

Background imagePea Collection: Capitate gompholobium, Gompholobium capitatum

Capitate gompholobium, Gompholobium capitatum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London, 1833

Background imagePea Collection: Rufous bossiaea, Bossiaea rufa

Rufous bossiaea, Bossiaea rufa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Miss Jane Taylor from Benjamin Maund and the Rev. John Stevens Henslows The Botanist, London, 1836



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