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Saffron Collection

Background imageSaffron Collection: Saffron Walden / 1909

Saffron Walden / 1909
Saffron Walden, Essex: the town centre

Background imageSaffron Collection: Saffron Walden by Madge Howard

Saffron Walden by Madge Howard
Saffron Walden in Essex, East Anglia, UK, showing a peaceful high street with half-timbered houses with pageting (decorated plaster work typical of the region) during the summer months

Background imageSaffron Collection: Saffron Walden by Madge Howard

Saffron Walden by Madge Howard
Saffron Walden in Essex, East Anglia, UK, featuring a street of half-timbered houses with pageting (the decorative plaster work typical of the region) covered with snow on a peaceful starry evening

Background imageSaffron Collection: Old Houses, Church Street, Saffron Walden, Essex

Old Houses, Church Street, Saffron Walden, Essex - Hart and Son, Saffron Walden postcard

Background imageSaffron Collection: Italians in Saffron Hill

Italians in Saffron Hill
A group of Italian men sit in the sun or lounge in doorways in a Saffron Hill street separated from the women and children outside a shop belonging to F Ciccone Date: 1930s

Background imageSaffron Collection: Blitz in London -- Saffron Hill, WW2

Blitz in London -- Saffron Hill, WW2
Blitz in London -- men at work in Saffron Hill, City of London, 26 October 1940. Date: 1940

Background imageSaffron Collection: Plants / Crocus Sativus

Plants / Crocus Sativus
SAFFRON

Background imageSaffron Collection: Approaching Saffron Walden, Essex

Approaching Saffron Walden, Essex Date: circa 1950

Background imageSaffron Collection: Crocus sativus, saffron

Crocus sativus, saffron
Plate 25 from Le Regne Vegetal. Vol 10 Flore Medicale Atlas 3 (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageSaffron Collection: Crocus sativa, saffron

Crocus sativa, saffron
Plate 93 from Botanicum Medicinale (1759) by Timothy Sheldrake. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageSaffron Collection: Common saffron crocus, Crocus sativa

Common saffron crocus, Crocus sativa. Handcoloured lithograph by Henry Sowerby after an illustration by L.W. from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Background imageSaffron Collection: Saffron crocus, Crocus sativa

Saffron crocus, Crocus sativa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Background imageSaffron Collection: Saffron-coloured ixia, Tritonia crocata

Saffron-coloured ixia, Tritonia crocata.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration from William Curtiss Botanical Magazine, Lambeth, London, 1789

Background imageSaffron Collection: Plants / Crocus

Plants / Crocus
on Left, Crocus Vernus (Dutch Crocus) on Right, Crocus Sativus (Saffron Crocus)

Background imageSaffron Collection: Edible mushroom and fungi varieties

Edible mushroom and fungi varieties. Including truffle, sickener, weeping milkcap, saffron milkcap, golden chanterelle, elfin sadde, Caesars mushroom, coral mushroom and morel. Lithograph by J.H

Background imageSaffron Collection: Market Square and Corn Exchage, Saffron Walden, Essex

Market Square and Corn Exchage, Saffron Walden, Essex Date: 1954

Background imageSaffron Collection: Saffron Walden Hospital, Essex

Saffron Walden Hospital, Essex - postcard published W. Thompson, Saffron Walden, 1915 Date: 1915

Background imageSaffron Collection: North Chapel Saffron Walden Church Essex Postcard

North Chapel Saffron Walden Church Essex Postcard
North, Chapel, Saffron, Walden, Church, Essex, postcard, published, W, Thompson, 1915, , 13974473

Background imageSaffron Collection: Market Square, Saffron Walden, Essex

Market Square, Saffron Walden, Essex - postcard published W. Thompson, Saffron Walden, 1914 Date: 1914

Background imageSaffron Collection: Lion Lodge Audley End Suffolk Postcard Published

Lion Lodge Audley End Suffolk Postcard Published
Lion, Lodge, Audley, End, Suffolk, postcard, published, by, Guy, Saffron, Walden, 1915, , 13974466

Background imageSaffron Collection: Corn Exchange, Saffron Walden, Essex

Corn Exchange, Saffron Walden, Essex - Hart and Son postcard Saffron Walden

Background imageSaffron Collection: Bridge Street, Saffron Walden, Essex

Bridge Street, Saffron Walden, Essex - postcard published W. Thompson, Saffron Walden, 1914 Date: 1914

Background imageSaffron Collection: Saffron lily, Lilium bulbiferum

Saffron lily, Lilium bulbiferum
Saffron lily, Lilium croceum. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Background imageSaffron Collection: Egyptian waterlily, Nymphaea lotus

Egyptian waterlily, Nymphaea lotus var. rubra. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Background imageSaffron Collection: Field bur, Tribulus sylvestris, and safflower

Field bur, Tribulus sylvestris, and safflower, Carthamus tinctorius. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageSaffron Collection: Daffodil variety, Narcissus poeticus

Daffodil variety, Narcissus poeticus, and meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageSaffron Collection: Meadow saffron or wild saffron, Colchicum autumnale

Meadow saffron or wild saffron, Colchicum autumnale. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler

Background imageSaffron Collection: Saffron crocus, Crocus sativus

Saffron crocus, Crocus sativus, Safran. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lagesse after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Background imageSaffron Collection: Saffron milk cap, Lactarius deliciosus

Saffron milk cap, Lactarius deliciosus
Saffron milk cap or red pine mushroom, Lactarius deliciosus. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper

Background imageSaffron Collection: Variegated meadow saffron, Colchicum variegatum

Variegated meadow saffron, Colchicum variegatum. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Background imageSaffron Collection: Spring meadow saffron, Colchicum bulbocodium

Spring meadow saffron, Colchicum bulbocodium (Bulbocodium vernum). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Background imageSaffron Collection: Saffron or autumnal crocus, Crocus officinalis

Saffron or autumnal crocus, Crocus officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman

Background imageSaffron Collection: Catchfly species, Lychnis senno

Catchfly species, Lychnis senno
Le Lychnide a fleurs laciniees couleur de Saffron de la Chine. Catchfly species, Lychnis senno. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus

Background imageSaffron Collection: African corn lily, Tritonia crocata

African corn lily, Tritonia crocata
L Ixia du Cap couleur de saffron. African corn lily, Tritonia crocata. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus

Background imageSaffron Collection: Achiote and saffron crocus

Achiote and saffron crocus
Achiote, Bixa orellana, and saffron crocus, Crocus sativus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1795

Background imageSaffron Collection: Saffron, Crocus sativus

Saffron, Crocus sativus. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Background imageSaffron Collection: Passion fruit or granadilla and meadow saffron

Passion fruit or granadilla and meadow saffron
Passion fruit or granadilla, Passiflora ligularis (Clematis passionalis) and meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Mario Cammerari from Professor Filippo

Background imageSaffron Collection: ENGLISH BEADLE / KITCHENER

ENGLISH BEADLE / KITCHENER
William Kitchener, Beadle of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden & Ely Rent. A Beadle was a minor parish official employed to usher and keep order during services. Date: circa 1780

Background imageSaffron Collection: Red Lion Tavern

Red Lion Tavern
Various aspects of the old Red Lion Tavern. Possibly dating from the mid-16th century, this rambling building stood in Chick Lane (also called West Street) near Saffron Hill in West Smithfield

Background imageSaffron Collection: Buddhist monk - Temple of the Emerald Buddha

Buddhist monk - Temple of the Emerald Buddha
A young Buddhist monk in saffron robes looks directly at the camera as he passes through arches in the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Wat Phra si Raftana, Bangkok, Thailand Date: 1986

Background imageSaffron Collection: Boys at All Saints Home, Ashdon, Essex

Boys at All Saints Home, Ashdon, Essex
A group of boys gathered around a swing at All Saints House, Rectory Lane, Ashdon, Saffron Walden, Essex. The home was opened in 1890 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1920s

Background imageSaffron Collection: SUN INN SAFFRON WALDEN

SUN INN SAFFRON WALDEN
The historic Sun Inn, which dates from the 15th century, remarkable for its external 17th century decorative plasterwork pargetting, Saffron Walden, England. Date: 15th century

Background imageSaffron Collection: Italian Immigrant Boy

Italian Immigrant Boy
An Italian boy, smartly dressed in a hat and long cloak, an immigrant to Britain, living in the Saffron Hill, area of London, EC1

Background imageSaffron Collection: Italian Father / Daughter

Italian Father / Daughter
A proud Italian father with his pretty daughter, immigrants to Britain, living in the Italian community area of Saffron Hill, near Farringdon, London EC1

Background imageSaffron Collection: William Kitchener, Beadl

William Kitchener, Beadl
WILLIAM KITCHENER, described as a conceited coxcomb, is beadle to Saffron Hill and other wards in Holborn, London, to whose householders he presents his likeness. Date: flourished circa 1730

Background imageSaffron Collection: What People Are Wearing - Jillian Robertson

What People Are Wearing - Jillian Robertson
The Australian journalist Jillian Robertson wearing a saffron Buddhist robe she bought in Saigon where she was reporting on the war in Vietnam. Date: 1966

Background imageSaffron Collection: Shoeblacks Saffron Hill paying-in wages

Shoeblacks Saffron Hill paying-in wages
Boys at the Saffron Hill Shoeblack Brigade paying-in their days takings. Date: circa 1902

Background imageSaffron Collection: Milkcap, Lactarius acris, and Saffron milkcap

Milkcap, Lactarius acris, and Saffron milkcap, Lactarius deliciosus, edible.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890



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