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Background imageRipe Collection: Goblin Market by Pauline Baynes

Goblin Market by Pauline Baynes
Illustration by Pauline Baynes depicting a scene from Goblin Market, the poem by Christina Rossetti, where a terrifying crowd of assorted goblins plying a girl with ripe fruit in return for a lock of

Background imageRipe Collection: Autumnal Scene with Fairy & Blackberries

Autumnal Scene with Fairy & Blackberries
An autumnal folklore scene with a fairy, dressed in blue, sat amid the visible roots of a silver birch tree, holding a delicious-looking blackberry

Background imageRipe Collection: Fig, Ficus carica

Fig, Ficus carica. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Background imageRipe Collection: Ripe red fruit and leaves of the Downton Strawberry

Ripe red fruit and leaves of the Downton Strawberry, Fragaria ananassa.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by F.W. Smith from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Background imageRipe Collection: Ripe fruit and flower of the Roseberry Strawberry

Ripe fruit and flower of the Roseberry Strawberry, Fragaria ananassa.. Handcolored illustration by E.D. Smith engraved by Watts from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Background imageRipe Collection: Ripe fruit and leaves of Brown Beurre Pear, Pyrus communis

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

Background imageRipe Collection: Fable / Fox & Grapes

Fable / Fox & Grapes
THE FOX AND THE GRAPES The fox spies juicy ripe grapes and tries to reach them but in vain; eventually he gives up, proclaiming the grapes to be probably sour

Background imageRipe Collection: Louis Esson

Louis Esson
A portrait oil painting of Scottish born, Australian poet and playwright, Thomas Louis Buvelot Esson, who wrote plays such as The Time is Not Yet Ripe (1912) and The Drovers (1922)

Background imageRipe Collection: Photograph of Lamb Inn, Ripe, Sussex

Photograph of Lamb Inn, Ripe, Sussex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Nothing for the Lamb Inn

Background imageRipe Collection: Scarlet Apples round and Ripe

Scarlet Apples round and Ripe
Artists interpretation of old street cries. Artist: Helen GC Marsh Lambert. Date: circa 1915

Background imageRipe Collection: Four stages of sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum

Four stages of sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum. Shoot A, half mature B, fully ripe C, and harvested D. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his

Background imageRipe Collection: English plum varieties, Prunus domestica

English plum varieties, Prunus domestica
English plum varieties, Prince of Wales and Rivers Early Transparent Gage, Prunus domestica. Drawn and chromolithographed by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole

Background imageRipe Collection: Cashew nut, Anacardium occidentale

Cashew nut, Anacardium occidentale. Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1885

Background imageRipe Collection: Chirimuya fruit, Annona cherimola

Chirimuya fruit, Annona cherimola (Anona cherimolia). Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1885

Background imageRipe Collection: Nectarine peach, Prunus persica

Nectarine peach, Prunus persica
Nectarine peach variety, Prunus persica (Persica vulgaris var. Nectarine). Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1882

Background imageRipe Collection: Plum or prune, Prunus domestica

Plum or prune, Prunus domestica, with ripe fruit, branch and leaves. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Background imageRipe Collection: Pear variety, Duchesse de Mouchy, Pyrus communis

Pear variety, Duchesse de Mouchy, Pyrus communis. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Background imageRipe Collection: Pear variety, Jules d Airoles, Pyrus communis

Pear variety, Jules d Airoles, Pyrus communis. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Background imageRipe Collection: Pear varieties

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

Background imageRipe Collection: Breadfruit, Artocarpus altilis, with ripe fruit and sections

Breadfruit, Artocarpus altilis, with ripe fruit and sections. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Christiane Henriette Dorothea Westermayr from Friedrich Johann

Background imageRipe Collection: Quince, Pyrus cydonia

Quince, Pyrus cydonia. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Background imageRipe Collection: Plum picking at Evesham, Worcestershire

Plum picking at Evesham, Worcestershire
circa 1910s

Background imageRipe Collection: Gravenstein Label

Gravenstein Label

Background imageRipe Collection: Cornucopia with Fruit Spilling Out

Cornucopia with Fruit Spilling Out

Background imageRipe Collection: Ripe Green Beans

Ripe Green Beans

Background imageRipe Collection: HARVESTING MELONS

HARVESTING MELONS
Almost ripe - a young woman squeezes a melon inside a greenhouse. Date: 1950s

Background imageRipe Collection: Childrens pastimes

Childrens pastimes
Where the Golden Apples Grow. Children in the sun picking ripe apples. Artist: Sybil Barham

Background imageRipe Collection: Cacao (Cocoa) harvesting in Equador

Cacao (Cocoa) harvesting in Equador. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageRipe Collection: Cherry Ripe by John Millais

Cherry Ripe by John Millais
Cherry Ripe by John Milliais, as it appeared in The Graphic Christmas issue of 1880. The original painting depicted Miss Edith Ramage, a relation of William Luson Thomas, founder of The Graphic

Background imageRipe Collection: Ripe fruit, vine and yellow flowers of the

Ripe fruit, vine and yellow flowers of the Scarlet Fleshed Rock Melon, Cucumis melo.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by Watts from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Background imageRipe Collection: Seychelles Island cocoa-nut, ripe spadix with

Seychelles Island cocoa-nut, ripe spadix with husk, ripe nut and embryo, Lodoicea sechellarum.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Background imageRipe Collection: Threshing 1930S

Threshing 1930S
Harvest time, Essex. The ripe barley is being fed into the thresher, the straw forced out is then compressed into bales, wired up and then carried up to the stack to be stored

Background imageRipe Collection: Pierce Egans Anecdotes: catroon brawl in tavern

Pierce Egans Anecdotes: catroon brawl in tavern
Colour plate: The tavern in an uproar: Mrs Bonniface shewing more pluck than her good man by backing her husband against Bob Hit-a-Body ripe for mischief

Background imageRipe Collection: Date picking, Biskra

Date picking, Biskra
A man climbs up a date palm, to pick the ripe dates from the bundles at the top of the tree. Children sit below helping with the collection. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageRipe Collection: Pears on a circular Christmas card

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

Background imageRipe Collection: Oranges growing, Southern California, USA

Oranges growing, Southern California, USA
Oranges growing in Southern California, USA, with snow on the mountains in the distance. 1930s

Background imageRipe Collection: Fairies of the Garden - Ripe Corn

Fairies of the Garden - Ripe Corn. 1903

Background imageRipe Collection: Woman picking grapes on a Christmas card

Woman picking grapes on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageRipe Collection: Ripe fruit and leaves of the Brunswick fig, Ficus carica

Ripe fruit and leaves of the Brunswick fig, Ficus carica.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by F.W. Smith from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Background imageRipe Collection: Ripe fruit and leaves of the Black Tartarian

Ripe fruit and leaves of the Black Tartarian Cherry, Prunus species.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by F.W. Smith from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Background imageRipe Collection: Ripe fruit and leaves of the Moorpark Apricot

Ripe fruit and leaves of the Moorpark Apricot, Prunus armeniaca.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by F.W. Smith from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Background imageRipe Collection: Red ripe fruit and leaves of Kirkes Scarlet

Red ripe fruit and leaves of Kirkes Scarlet Nonpareil Apple, Malus domestica.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by F.W. Smith from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Background imageRipe Collection: Ripe and green fruit of the Grove End Scarlet

Ripe and green fruit of the Grove End Scarlet Strawberry, Fragaria ananassa.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by F.W. Smith from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Background imageRipe Collection: Ripe blue purple Old Brompton Plum, Prunus domestica

Ripe blue purple Old Brompton Plum, Prunus domestica.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by F.W. Smith from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Background imageRipe Collection: Ripe fruit and leaves of Coes Golden Drop

Ripe fruit and leaves of Coes Golden Drop Plum, Prunus species.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by F.W. Smith from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Background imageRipe Collection: Ripe green and red fruit of the White Hawthornden

Ripe green and red fruit of the White Hawthornden Apple, Malus domestica.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by F.W. Smith from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Background imageRipe Collection: Ripe crimson fruit and leaves of Keens Seedling

Ripe crimson fruit and leaves of Keens Seedling Strawberry, Fragaria ananassa.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by Watts from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Background imageRipe Collection: Ripe fruit and leaves of the Blue Imperatrice

Ripe fruit and leaves of the Blue Imperatrice Plum, Prunus domestica.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by Watts from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829



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