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Purple Collection (page 5)

Background imagePurple Collection: Purple morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea

Purple morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Background imagePurple Collection: Mock strawberry, Potentilla indica

Mock strawberry, Potentilla indica. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Background imagePurple Collection: Purple sail, Velella velella

Purple sail, Velella velella
Sea raft, by-the-wind sailor, purple sail, little sail, Velella velella. 1, 2. Velella larga, Velella bislunga. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario

Background imagePurple Collection: Mediterranean snakelocks sea anemone, Anemonia sulcata

Mediterranean snakelocks sea anemone, Anemonia sulcata. (Actinia viridis, Attinia verde). Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze

Background imagePurple Collection: Costumes of the ancient Hebrew patriarchs

Costumes of the ancient Hebrew patriarchs, including Abraham, Moses, angels, etc. Abiti de Patriarchi, &c. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes

Background imagePurple Collection: Periander, Solon, Bias, Thales and Pittacus

Periander, Solon, Bias, Thales and Pittacus
Portraits of Corinthian ruler Periander 1, Athenian statesman Solon 2, Bias of Priene 3, Greek mathetician Thales of Miletus 4, and Pittacus of Mytilene 5. etc

Background imagePurple Collection: Heart and dart moth, turnip moth and silver cloud

Heart and dart moth, turnip moth and silver cloud
Heart and dart moth, Agrotis exclamationis 1, 2, turnip moth, Agrotis segetum 3, 4, and silver cloud, Egira conspicillaris 5. Phalaena exclamationis, caliginosa, fuscosa, melaleuca

Background imagePurple Collection: Purple tiger and brown tiger moth

Purple tiger and brown tiger moth
Purple tiger, Rhyparia purpurata 1-6, and brown tiger moth, Hyphoraia aulica 6, 7. Phalaena Bombyx purpurea, aulica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann

Background imagePurple Collection: Woman in elegant finery of low-cut, gold sheath

Woman in elegant finery of low-cut, gold sheath gown with cape holding a fan. Grande parure. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

Background imagePurple Collection: Woman in Japanese silk blouse and long pleated skirt, 1913

Woman in Japanese silk blouse and long pleated skirt, 1913
Woman in Japanese silk blouse and long pleated skirt, boy in white sailors suit. Blouse japonaise en soie sur une jupe plissee, marin de toile blanche

Background imagePurple Collection: Woman in violet satin dress with purple sash, 1913

Woman in violet satin dress with purple sash, 1913
Woman in violet satin dress with purple sash ornamented with large velvet flowers. She swings an incense thurible. Robe de satin violet a ceinture pourpre et ornee d un grand ruban broche de fleurs

Background imagePurple Collection: Poster, Bugatti racing cars

Poster, Bugatti racing cars

Background imagePurple Collection: Advert, Reo-Royale Convertible Coupe car

Advert, Reo-Royale Convertible Coupe car, a distinguished sport vehicle. Date: 1931

Background imagePurple Collection: Ekcovision 17 inch black and white television

Ekcovision 17 inch black and white television, model T330, manufactured by E K Cole of Southend. 1958

Background imagePurple Collection: Advert for Marmite

Advert for Marmite, December 1933. 1933

Background imagePurple Collection: Penstemon atropurpureus

Penstemon atropurpureus (Dark purple chelone, Chelone atropurpurea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The British

Background imagePurple Collection: Late purple American-aster, Symphyotrichum patens

Late purple American-aster, Symphyotrichum patens (Spreading hairy-stalk d starwort, Aster patens). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith

Background imagePurple Collection: Purple sun star, Solaster endeca

Purple sun star, Solaster endeca (Nine-rayed starfish, Asterias endeca). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Background imagePurple Collection: Purple or field cow-wheat, Melampyrum arvense

Purple or field cow-wheat, Melampyrum arvense. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1792

Background imagePurple Collection: Purple starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa

Purple starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1793

Background imagePurple Collection: Purple gromwell, Buglossoides purpurocaerulea

Purple gromwell, Buglossoides purpurocaerulea (Lithospermum purpuro-caeruleum)

Background imagePurple Collection: Purple heron, Ardea purpurea

Purple heron, Ardea purpurea. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Background imagePurple Collection: Two-tailed pasha, Charaxes jasius 1 and purple

Two-tailed pasha, Charaxes jasius 1 and purple emperor, Apatura iris 2, and tulip. Handcoloured lithograph from Musee du Naturaliste dedie a la Jeunesse, Histoire des Papillons

Background imagePurple Collection: Purple emperor, Apatura iris

Purple emperor, Apatura iris (Iris butterfly, Papilio iris). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw

Background imagePurple Collection: Red-whip coral, Ellisella ceratophyta

Red-whip coral, Ellisella ceratophyta (Purple gorgonia, Gorgonia ceratophyta). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Background imagePurple Collection: Spiny dye-murex, Bolinus brandaris

Spiny dye-murex, Bolinus brandaris (Snipe murex, Murex brandaris). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Background imagePurple Collection: Scarlet tiger, clouded buff, wood tiger

Scarlet tiger, clouded buff, wood tiger
Scarlet tiger moth, Callimorpha dominula, clouded buff, Diacrisia sannio, wood tiger, Parasemia plantaginis, and purple tiger, Rhyparia purpurata

Background imagePurple Collection: Purple emperor butterfly and lesser purple emperor

Purple emperor butterfly and lesser purple emperor
Purple emperor butterfly, Apatura iris, ventral and dorsal, and lesser purple emperor, Apatura ilia. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel

Background imagePurple Collection: Primrose or Primula species

Primrose or Primula species
Chinese primrose, Primula praenitens, purple Caucasian primrose, Primula amoena, Siberian primrose, Primula sibirica, and fringed auricula, Primula ciliata

Background imagePurple Collection: Foxglove or Digitalis species

Foxglove or Digitalis species
Canary Island foxglove, Digitalis canariensis, large yellow foxglove, Digitalis ambigua, purple foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, cut-leaved foxglove, Digitalis laciniata, and yellow foxglive

Background imagePurple Collection: Verbascum species

Verbascum species
Handsome verbascum, Verbascum formosum, purple verbascum, Verbascum phoeniceum, copper-coloured mullein, Verbascum cupreum, woolly celsia, Celsia sublanata, and Pyrenean ramondia, Ramondia myconi

Background imagePurple Collection: Viper grass, lettuce and catananche species

Viper grass, lettuce and catananche species
Purple viper grass, Scorzonera purpurea, perennial lettuce, Lactuca perennis, blue catananche, Catananche caerulea, serrated-leaved chaetanthera, Chaetanthera serrata, and white prenanthes

Background imagePurple Collection: Rudbeckia and Echinacea species

Rudbeckia and Echinacea species
Common purple rudbeckia, Rudbeckia purpurea, various-leaved echinacea, Echinacea heterophylla, Dicksons echinacea, Echinacea dicksonii, and late-flowering purple rudbeckia, Rudbeckia serotina

Background imagePurple 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 imagePurple Collection: Monkshood or Aconitum species

Monkshood or Aconitum species
Various-leaved monkshood, Aconitum heterophyllum, yellow monkshood, A. anthora, pale yellow monkshood, A. ochroleucum, Carpathian purple wolfsbane, panicled monkshood, A. paniculatum, A

Background imagePurple Collection: Cistus species

Cistus species
Purple cistus, Cistus purpurea, sheathed-leaved cistus, Cistus vaginatus, beautiful cistus, Cistus formosus, Algarve cistus, Cistus algarvensis, and hoary-leaved rose cistus, Cistus incanus

Background imagePurple Collection: Lalage, scottia, templetonia and other species

Lalage, scottia, templetonia and other species
Ornamental lalage, Lalage ornata, tooth-leaved scottia, Scottia dentata, retuse-leaved templetonia, Templetonia retusa, purple crotalaria, Crotalaria purpurea, and goose-foot aspalathus

Background imagePurple Collection: Diosma or Agathosma species

Diosma or Agathosma species
Showy diosma, Diosma speciosa, fragrant, Diosma fragrans, pretty, Diosma pulchella, and purple, Diosma hirta. Handfinished chromolithograph by Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon

Background imagePurple Collection: Pitcher plants and caper bush

Pitcher plants and caper bush
Purple sidesaddle plant, Sarracenia purpurea, yellow sidesaddle plant, Sarracenia flava, and taper-leaved caper, Capparis acuminata

Background imagePurple Collection: Purple foxglove, Digitalis purpurea altera

Purple foxglove, Digitalis purpurea altera, and mandrake, Mandragora officinarum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Background imagePurple Collection: Yellow loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris

Yellow loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris, and purple loosestrife, Lysimachion purpureum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal

Background imagePurple Collection: Gay orchis, Galearis spectabilis

Gay orchis, Galearis spectabilis (Orchis spectabilis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after George Loddiges from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1817

Background imagePurple Collection: Purple gentian, Gentiana purpurea

Purple gentian, Gentiana purpurea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after an illustration by William Miller from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, London, 1821

Background imagePurple Collection: Greater purple fringed orchid, Platanthera grandiflora

Greater purple fringed orchid, Platanthera grandiflora (Habenaria fimbriata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, London, 1821

Background imagePurple Collection: Chinese primrose varieties, Primula sinensis

Chinese primrose varieties, Primula sinensis. Swanley Red 1, Princess Beatrice 2, Swanley Purple 3, Princess of Wales 4, The Queen 5, Luteo-Alba 6 and Swanley Giant 7

Background imagePurple Collection: Purple bell vine, Rhodochiton volubile

Purple bell vine, Rhodochiton volubile. Chromolithograph by J.L. Goffart after an illustration in The Garden from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1895

Background imagePurple Collection: Purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinicus

Purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinicus (Martinico gallinule, Gallinula martinica). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Background imagePurple Collection: Young woman in the era of King Francis I

Young woman in the era of King Francis I, 1515-1547. She wears a chaperon headdress that has the form of a bonnet, purple velvet dress with wide sleeves, pearl belt and peacock feather fan



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