Pear Collection

I had a Little Nut Tree
I had a little nut tree, nothing would it bear but a silver nutmeg & a golden pear The king of Spains daughter came to visit me, all for the sake of my little nut tree

The Pear Trees, Bower Hinton, Somerset
The Pear Trees, Bower Hinton, Martock, near Yeovil, Somerset, England. Date: 1904

Ripe fruit and leaves of Brown Beurre Pear, Pyrus communis.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by Watts from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Fruit / Pair of Pears
A pair of pears

Pear varieties, Pyrus communis: small Pfalzgrafin pear 97, Demoiselle 98 and Windsor 99

Pear varieties, Pyrus communis: Lorenz pear 102, Bell pear 103 and Virgouleuse pear 104

Cochineal beetle, Dactylopius coccus, on a
Cochineal beetle, Dactylopius coccus (Coccus cacti) on a prickly pear cactus, Opuntia species

Eastern prickly pear, Opuntia ficus-indica (Opuntia vulgaris). Handcoloured lithograph by D. Blair after an illustration by Lena Lowis from her Familiar Indian Flowers with Coloured Plates, L

Prickly pear or Indian fig opuntia, Opuntia ficus-indica (Opuntia vulgaris)

Madam gorgon, Acicarpha tribuloides. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

The Language of Fruit - different fruit conveying different emotions and feelings. Date: circa 1920s

A few varieties of Desert Cacti - USA. Date: 1933

Still Life Feast
A still life painting of a table laid with serving platters containing fruit, nuts, vegetabales and fish

Pillar Roses with Pear Penfold, Garden with path and flowers
Pillar Roses with Pear Penfold'. Garden with path and flowers. Artwork by Annie L. Pressland

False Christmas cactus, Schlumbergera truncata (Epiphyllum truncatum)

Prickly pear, Nopalea cochenillifera. Opuntia cochenillifera, Cactus cochenillifer, Catto della cocciniglia

Tall yellow eye, Xyris operculata, Siride coperchiata

African cucumber, Momordica balsamina
African cucumber, balsam apple, and balsam pear, Momordica balsamina

Sycamore maple or planetree maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, Acero fico, Platano falso

Sycamore, silver fir, foxglove, prickly pear, etc
Old World sycamore, Platanus orientalis, silver fir, Abies picea, foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, prickly pear, Opuntia, Carduus marianus thistle, Silybum marianum, Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula

Maid in stockings and garters embraced by a man. Maidservant assaulted by her upholsterer employer. The vindicated servant girl. Le servante justifiee. After Marguerite de Navarres l Heptameron

Master Libbys Fruits - Pears
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Master Libbys Fruits - Pears. circa 1950s

Pear rust, Gymnosporangium sabinae (Savine tremella, Tremella sabinae). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Plates from Marseille, France, 18th century, decorated with landscape and flowers 1, and with fruit, vegetables and flowers 2

Pear variety named for Baron Pollwill, Pyrus pollveria. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after Thomas Shotter Boys from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825

Tropical fruits, fruits de serre chaude ou temperee

Salm-Dycks prickly pear cactus, Opuntia salmiana
Salm-dycks prickly pear cactus, Opuntia salmiana. Named for the botanist Prince Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck

Pear variety, Duchesse de Mouchy, Pyrus communis

Pear variety, Jules d Airoles, Pyrus communis

Pear varieties
Varieties of pear, Pyrus communis: Helene Gregoire, Colmar d Arenberg, Colmar Kennes, President Muller and Premices d Ecully

Chinese pear tree in blossom, Pyrus pyrifolia
Le Poirier de la Chine. Chinese pear tree in blossom, Pyrus pyrifolia

Almond-leaved pear, Pyrus amygdaliformis (Snow pear, Pyrus nivalis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S

Sage-leaved pear, Pyrus x salviifolia (Pyrus salvifolia). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S

Strawberry pear, Hylocereus trigonus
Strawberry pear Hylocereus trigonus (Triangular creeping cereus, Cactus triangularis). Handcoloured botanical engraving from John Sims Curtiss Botanical Magazine, Couchman, London, 1816

Curtis British Entomology Plate 578
Lepidoptera: Papilio podalirius = Iphiclides podalirius (Scarce Swallow-tail) [Plant: Pyrus communis (Pear)] Date: 1824-39

Bartlett Pear Label

Pear Label

Still Life by Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) Date: circa 1866

JAPANESE ARRANGEMENT - 9
WILD PEAR and LILY an arrangement for special occasions. Ohara School of Ikebana Date: 1934

Repeating Pattern - Apples and Pears. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

A Sleepy Pear by Lawson Wood
A pair of adorable baby orang utans snuggle up together for a snooze under an orange blanket, a nibbled pear cast to one side. Date: 1932

Flaxfield Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Showing The Pear Tree Inn with Dray Horses Date: 1920s

Field of Chumbera Nopal Cactus (Prickly Pear) at Las Palmas, Cran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

For evening outings 1912
French models wearing eveing dresses for all occasions, dinners in restaurants and theatrical performances. Date: 1912

Still Life with Fruits, ca. 1660, by Juan de Arellano
Juan de Arellano (1614-1676). Spanish painter. Still Life with Fruits, ca. 1660. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Pears on a circular Christmas card
Two ripe pears on a circular Christmas card with a white and gold plate pattern. Date: circa 1890s

Baskets of fruit on three Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s

The Girls name Claudia surrounded by flowers and fruit. Date: circa 1910s

Illustration, I had a little nut tree, and nothing would it bear, but a silver nutmeg and a golden pear. The King of Spains daughter came to visit me, all for the sake of my little nut tree

Windsor pear in gold and cream on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Illustration, Saturniidae -- Endromis Versicolora, Saturnia Pyri, Saturnia Carpini. The plants are Pear (Pyrus Communis), Birch (Betula Alba) and Dog Rose (Rosa Canina). Date: 1898

Ripe fruit and leaves of Gansels Bergamot pear, Pyrus communis.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by Watts from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Ripe fruit and leaves of the Bon Louis Pear, Pyrus communis.. Handcolored illustration by E.D. Smith engraved by Watts from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Diana monkey, Cercopithecus diana.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine, Harrison, London, 1800

Pear cultivar, Beurre Giffard, Pyrus communis.. Chromolithograph from The Florist and Pomologist Robert Hogg, London, published from 1878 to 1884

Peach pear, Pyrus communis cultivar.. Chromolithograph from The Florist and Pomologist Robert Hogg, London, published from 1878 to 1884

Pear cultivar, Beurre d Amarilis panachee, Pyrus communis.. Chromolithograph from The Florist and Pomologist Robert Hogg, London, published from 1878 to 1884

Louise Bonne de Pentecote pear, Pyrus communis cultivar.. Chromolithograph from The Florist and Pomologist Robert Hogg, London, published from 1878 to 1884

A Victorian family group seated in the garden
A Victorian family group seated in their garden taken in a Cotswold villlage. England. A large pear tree climbs the wall beside them. Date: circa 1890

The secret of the German offensive 1918
This diagram shows several types of grenades the Germans were using during World War One, Besozzi grenade which had a 5 seconds time fuse, Pear-shaped grenade

Pencil sketch of fruit. Date: 1920s

Repeating Pattern - Compote of Pears (red background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Dinant, Belgium - The Church of Notre Dame and Leffe River
Dinant, Belgium - The Church of Notre Dame (Collegiate Church of Our Lady) on the banks of the River Meuse. View from the Leffe Museum. Date: circa 1910

Cereus napoleonis, strawberry-pear
Plate 12 from Endlichers paradisus vindobonesis (1844-1860) by Anton Hartinger. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pyrus indica, Indian pear
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Pyrus communis, pear
The pear tree, a native of Europe and western Asia, is widely cultivated in temperate regions for its fruit. One of the decorative ceiling panels at the Natural History Museum, London

The Pear
The upper pear shown here is the Saint German, on the left is the Comar and on the right is the Brown Beurree, said to be the most delicious of Pears. Plate 51 from Brookshaw, G. (1817)

Pyrus moire, pear
Plate 248 from Le Jardin Fruitiers du Museum (1863) by Joseph Decaisne. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Xylomelum pyriforme, woody pear
Finished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Alecto edition

Pyrus communis, conference pears
Illustration from Full Instructions for the Young Artist: a companion to the Treatises on Flowers and Birds 1817, by George Brookshaw

Opuntia camachoi, prickly pear cactus
Figure 30 from Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 1932-33, by Professor Carlos Porter

Opunita fiscus-indica, prickly pear
An oil painting of a prickly pear (Opunita fiscus-indica). The artist and date are unknown. Original canvas held at the Natural History Museum, London

Cactaceae, cacti a. Opuntia ficus-indica, b. Opuntia cochinili
Illustration of various prickly pear cacti. Plate 664 from the Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Mespilus sp. azerole-pear
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Azerole-poire

Pyrus sp. pear

Momordica charantia, balsam pear or African cucumber
Drawing 31 (Ewan 14) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Rousselet hatif, pear
Pears plate no 3 from Pomona Franconica Vol 3 1776 by J Mayer

Pyrus sp. apple (The Court of Wick Pippin)
Plate 32 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pyrus sp. pear (Wormsley Bergamot Pear)

Pyrus sp. pear (Chaumontel Pear)
Plate 11 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pyrus sp. apple
Plate 63 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Pyrus sp. pear (True St. Germain Pear)
Plate 5 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pyrus sp. pear (The Brown Beurre Pear)
Plate 27 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pyrus sp. apple (Fearns Pippin apple)
Plate 43 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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