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Periwinkle Collection

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Lesser Periwinkle

Lesser Periwinkle
Decorative flower study by Jeannie Foord, of Lesser Periwinkle plant. 1899

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Madagascar periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus

Madagascar periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus (Vinca rosea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards rom William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1793

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Range of marine life found at the seaside

Range of marine life found at the seaside - octopus, squid or decapod, smallest British cuttlefish, sea slug, and periwinkle. Date: circa 1950s

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Greater periwinkle, Vinca major

Greater periwinkle, Vinca major. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1797

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Wintergreen, periwinkle and dogs bane species

Wintergreen, periwinkle and dogs bane species
Umbellated wintergreen, Pyrola umbellata, herbaceous periwinkle, hairy gonolobus, Gonolobus hirsutus, broad-leaved amsonia, Amsonia latifolia, and tutsan-leaved dog s-bane, Apocynum androsaemifolium

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Lesser periwinkle, Vinca minor, and Alexander s

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

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Lesser periwinkle, Vinca minor

Lesser periwinkle, Vinca minor, Petite pervenche. Handcoloured steel engraving after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: The large blue Periwinkle, The pleasures of memory

The large blue Periwinkle, The pleasures of memory
The large blue Periwinkle, Vinca major, The pleasures of memory. Handcoloured lithograph by Deana and Munday after Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Bigleaf periwinkle, large periwinkle or blue

Bigleaf periwinkle, large periwinkle or blue periwinkle, Vinca major. Handcoloured stipple engraving by Duruisseau after an illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceaus

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Dwarf periwinkle, Vinca minor

Dwarf periwinkle, Vinca minor. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 626

Curtis British Entomology Plate 626
Lepidoptera: Daphnis nerii (Rose-Bay Sphinx, Oleander Hawk) [Plant: Vinca major (Greater Periwinkle)] Date: 1824-39

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 112

Curtis British Entomology Plate 112
Coleoptera: Zonitis testacea = Rhagonycha testacea (Testaceous Zonitis) [Plant: Vinca minor (Less Periwinkle)] Date: 1824-39

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Periwinkle in art nouveau patterns

Periwinkle in art nouveau patterns.. Lithograph with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring from Eugene Grassets Plants and their Application to Ornament, Paris, 1897

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Dried periwinkle flower fairy, Vinca major

Dried periwinkle flower fairy, Vinca major.. Handcolored steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees, Flower Fairies, Paris

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Periwinkle botanical study

Periwinkle botanical study.. Lithograph with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring from Eugene Grassets Plants and their Application to Ornament, Paris, 1897

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Corolla examples: deadly nightshade, thorn

Corolla examples: deadly nightshade, thorn apple, periwinkle and wallflower.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Parsons as Periwinkle

Parsons as Periwinkle
WILLIAM PARSONS actor, as Periwinkle in A bold stroke for a wife Date: 1736 - 1795

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Littorina sp. periwinkle

Littorina sp. periwinkle
A comparison of various periwinkle specimens (Littorina), held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Plants / Vinca Major

Plants / Vinca Major
PERIWINKLE Date: 1894

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Fashions for April, 1872

Fashions for April, 1872
A selection of ladies fashions from the Paris designers, April 1872. From left to right: Toilette de Diner, trimmed with a deep flounce

Background imagePeriwinkle Collection: Dried Flower Periwinkle

Dried Flower Periwinkle
PERVENCHE DESSECHEE periwinkle, dried


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