Suffragette Cat In Hat and Flag. A cat wears a large picture hat and a flag in WSPU colours, purple, white and green, fastened as a shawl with VFW badge
Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge and RibbonA circular tin badge with green border, white centre and purple lettering - W.S.P.U Votes for Women. Attatched to the badge is a piece of purple, white and green satin ribbon. Date: circa 1908
Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge Sylvia PankhurstBadge issued by the Womens Social & Political Union with design by Sylvia Pankhurst. This circular tin badge in purple, green and white, shows a young woman
Suffragette Cat I Want My Vote. A suffragette cat or kitten against a background of purple, White and green (The colours of the Womens Social & Political Union) says I Want My Vote Date: circa 1908
A Group of Auriculas, engraved by Lewis & Hopwood after Henderson, in a book entitled The Temple of Flora by Dr Robert John Thornton (1768-1837). The book was published between 1799 and 1807
Suffragette W. S. P. U Holloway BroochThe Holloway Brooch, designed by Sylvia Pankhurst, for presentation to W.S.P.U released prisoners. It depicts the portcullis symbol of the House of Commons with chains and broad arrows in purple
British Butterflies - Various - including: Chalk Hill Blue Butterfly (male), Wood White Butterfly, Purple Hairstreak Butterfly (female), Purple Hairstreak Butterfly (at rest)
Poster advertising Linherr Vermouth, showing an elegant woman sipping from a glass. circa 1950s
Ancient Roman costume from the time of the late Roman Republic -- warriors, legionnaires (infantry soldiers), a cavalryman, a centurion, an emperor in purple (red), an ensign bearer
Primula auricula, primroseFolio 78 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Clematis viticella, Polish spiritPainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33
Connaught Gardens at Sidmouth, East DevonView of Connaught Gardens at Sidmouth, East Devon, with an array of flowers in flowerbeds, with trees in the background. The gardens were named after the Duke of Connaught
Suffragette W. S. P. U Sash Votes for WomenWomens Social & Political Union sash, in the colours of purple, white and green. White background with border edging of purple and green, dark green lettering
Suffragette W. S. P. U Ribbon BadgeSuffragette badge in purple, white and green grosgrain ribbon, with Votes for Women woven into the middle white section. Issued by the Womens Social & Political Union
Little girl playing in a garden by Muriel DawsonA little girl in a red smock standing in a garden, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1920s
Cattleya Trianae Mrs Phillips, also known as Flor de Mayo (May Flower) or Christmas Orchid (Orchidaceae family), with pink, purple and yellow colouring
Botanical Sketchbook -- Fine Leaved Heath. Date: 1920s
Janthina violacea, violet snailWatercolour 398 by Thomas Watling, entitled Boala, from the Watling Collection
Birthstone Series: Amythest QuartzAn Amythest quartz specimen. Amythest is a form of quartz that is usually purple in colour, it is the birthstone for the month of March. Natural History Museum specimen number 84817
Arum dioscoridisEngraving by George Sowerby from original watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer, published in Flora graeca 10 (1840) by James Edward Smith
S Dixon & Co seed catalogueThe colourful front cover of thes Dixon & Co seed catalogue, offering choice seeds for the flower and kitchen garden
Sporty Lacrosse Girl - The Sporting Girl - " The Fellows like the girl of sport, shes such a jolly, chummy sort." Date: circa 1910s
Poster, Pan American to the CaribbeanPoster, Pan American airline to the Caribbean. circa 1950s
Oldway Mansion, Paignton, Devon, in the style of the Palace of Versailles. Showing part of the formal gardens. Date: circa 1950s
Woman in a mauve dress, Art Nouveau style. circa early 20th century
Blue John vaseA vase carved out of the mineral Blue John. The mineral is so far unique to one location in the Derbyshire Peak District, England
Silybum marianum, milk thistleIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Chardon Marie
Iris Bruno (Tall Bearded Iris), a flowering perennial of the Iridaceae family, with gold, purple and brown colouring. A close-up of the head in full flower
Black SwanA very stylised airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith depicting a mysterious-looking Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) serenly swimming across dark, still waters, dark
Comic postcard, Enormous man with woman in the sea Date: 20th century
Design for Gilbert and Sullivan, A Dream of PatienceDesign by Alice Mary Havers for Gilbert and Sullivan, Savoy Operas, A Dream of Patience. circa 1880s
Advertisement for Pratts petrol and motor oilsAdvertisement for Pratts high test petrol and motor oils, the essence of refinement. Date: circa 1930s
Resplendent quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno, and purple-rumped sunbird, Nectarinia zeylonica.. Chromolithograph by unknown artist/engraver from Mary
The Pontic Rhododendron, engraved by Caldwall after Henderson, in a book entitled The Temple of Flora by Dr Robert John Thornton (1768-1837). The book was published between 1799 and 1807. Date: 1802
Iris sp. blue irisFolio 67 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
The Dave Clark Five, English pop group Date: 1964
Wilcannia lilies, Calostemma purpureum and Calostemma luteumPurple and yellow wilcannia lilies, Calostemma purpureum and Calostemma luteum. Australia. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens
Largest purple spring crocus, Crocus vernus var. obovatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1821
Flowers and foliage on an assortment of Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s
Poster for Mistinguett, Casino de Paris 1937Poster advertisement for Mistinguett at the Casino de Paris, 1937 1937
Little Brunette by Muriel Dawson -- a cute little girl with brown hair and a mauve woolly hat. Date: 1936
Crocus sativus, saffronPlate 25 from Le Regne Vegetal. Vol 10 Flore Medicale Atlas 3 (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Viola tricolor, heartseaseFolio 62 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Gentiana sp. purple gentianIllustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Geranium phaeum, mourning widow geraniumDrawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1909. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Britannia and Eve magazine, March 1933Front cover illustration featuring an extremely glamorous lady wearing a bright orange coat with fur trims, a yellow hat with orange feather and holding a blue clutch bag
Gardens at Tewin, HertfordshireView of gardens at the village of Tewin, near Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, showing many shades of tulips growing in an open, grassy area
Dunira, Perthshire, ScotlandA lovely view of Dunira in Perthshire, Scotland, showing trees and a heather-covered hill from across a stretch of water
