Vanilla Collection

A group of three transvestites
Three transvestite ladies in suits and smart hats stand arm-in-arm

Vanilla planifolia, vanilla
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Engraved by John Nugent Fitch

Black vanilla orchid, Gymnadenia nigra (Nigritella angustifolia). Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Vanilla orchid and colocynth
Vanilla orchid, Epidendrum vanilla 1, and colocynth or bitter apple, Citrullus colocynthis 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Vanilla orchid, Vanilla planifolia. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Mexican vanilla orchid, Vanilla mexicana (Vanilla aromatica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Vernal grass or vanilla grass, Anthoxathum odoratum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Advert, Edward Pinks Table Jellies. 1888

Ice cream vendor at time of 1911 Coronation
Ice cream vendor in a London street at the time of the 1911 Coronation, with portraits of King George V and Queen Mary painted on his cart and customers gathered round. Date: 1911

Vanilla Vines
Man picking vanilla vines in New Zealand. Date: early 1930s

Bohemian Woman - Coumara Nut Seller - Istanbul, Turkey. Coumara nuts are the seeds of the Tonka Bean Tree, used in medicines, perfumes and (in Asia) as a substitute for Vanilla. Date: circa 1904

Vanilla aromatica, vanilla
Plate 34 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Epidendrum Vanilla L. From: Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver nederduitsche en latynache beschryvingen. Date: 1796

Toilet / Perfume / Flowers
Exotic flowers used in making perfumes, including Jasmine, Eucalyptus, Vanilla and Mimosa

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