Vegetable Collection

Poster, Keep ceaseless watch for Colorado Beetle
Ministry of Agriculture poster, Keep ceaseless watch for Colorado Beetle, they can destroy our potato crops. circa late 1930s

Sea or rock samphire, Crithmum maritimum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Kingston Mkt / Vegetables
KINGSTON MARKET A vegetable stallholder is caught by the camera as she pares her vegetables. Date: 1940s

Poster, The Vegetabull, a vegetable dish made with dried eggs or household milk is as good as a joint (post-WW2 rationing was still going on at this time). 1947

Twinflower, Linnaea borealis, Linnea boreale. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

Black truffle, Tuber melanosporum (Tuber cibarium, Tartufo commestibile, Lycoperdon tuber). Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze

Vegetable roots
Plate 4 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Racines alimentaires

Daucus carota, carrot
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Food plant bulbs
Plate 8 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Illustration entitled Plantes bulbeuses alimentaires

Vegetable plants
Plate 10 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Plantes potagerea

Great argonaut, cuttlefish and flying squid
Great argonaut, Argonauta argo 1, cuttlefish, Sepia tuberculata 2 and European flying squid, Todarodes sagittatus 3. Polpo dell argonauta, Seppia tubercolata, Calamajo sagittato

Goose barnacles, Alepas species 1, 2, Pentalepas laevis 3, Pollicipes 4, and goose neck barnacle, Pollicipes pollicipes 4, 5, extinct Litholepas 6

Babies in a cabbage patch. Date: circa 1900s

Potato harvest, Rafta Farm, St Levan, Cornwall
Mother and daughter (Pamela and Sandra Semmens) working on the potato harvest at Rafta Farm, St Levan, near Lands End, Cornwall. Date: 1970s

Leek Show winners
Two prize winners at a Leek Show displaying their impressive vegetables alongside a couple of equally impressive mantel clocks, presumably their prizes

German empress cactus, Disocactus phyllanthoides. Cactus phyllanthoides, Cactus speciosus, Catto elegante. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle

Tropical pitcher plant, Nepenthes distillatoria, Nepenthes indica, Nepente dell Indie. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Human vegetable figure. circa 1825

The Main Gate - Tangiers, Morocco. Close to the Grand Socco (large outdoor vegetable market - souk). Date: circa 1930s

Experiment on an apple tree. Illustration (prob. Engraving) from Stephen Hales, Statical essays: containing vegetable staticks.. Vol. I, 3rd ed. Date: 1738-40

Octopus and squid species
Common octopus, Octopus vulgaris 1, musky octopus, Eledone moschata 2, European flying squid, Todarodes sagittatus 3, and glass squid, Cranchia scabra 4

Bird of paradise, Strelitzia reginae
Crane flower or bird of paradise, Strelitzia reginae, Strelitzia della Regina. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Radiated tortoise, Astrochelys radiata. Critically endangered. Testudo coui. Testuggine coui. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze

Thrift, Armeria maritima (Statice armeria). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Jews mallow, Corchorus olitorius
Nalta jute, tossa jute, Jews mallow, Corchorus olitorius. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1828

Views of Golden Lane, London 1872
Views of Golden Lane, near Smithfield Market, in London, 1872. Illustrations (clockwise from top left): The Earls Barrow; Making trimmings for Soup Kitchens; China Yard on Saturday Afternoon; a

Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits find a cabbage
A Great Discovery -- Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits escape from their hutch and find an enticing-looking cabbage. Date: 1912

Victorian Scrap -- Watercress Seller. late 19th century

Vintage lettuce seed packet
A lettuce seed packet from the Card Seed Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Thessaloniki - Poultry and Vegetable Salesman. Date: circa 1916

Brassica sp
Plate 11 from Le regne vegetal (1870): the plant kingdom, Vol 12. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Allium cepa, onion
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Comic postcard, Vegetable love, The Allotment Love Letter Date: 20th century

Jequirity bean or rosary pea, Abrus precatorius, Abro da corone. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Parasitic plant, Cytinus hypocistis, Citino ipocistide. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

Hermit crabs and coconut crab
Hermit crab, Pagurus excavatus 1, common hermit crab in shell, Pagurus bernhardus 2, and coconut crab, Birgus latro 3. Paguro angoloso, Paguro bernardo, Birgo ladro

Common guava, Psidium guajava
Common guava, yellow guava or lemon guava, Psidium guajava (Psidium pomiferum, Psidio pomifero). Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze

Rhytidophyllum grande. Gesnere a grandes feuilles, Gesneria grandis. Near threatened. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Mayapple, Podophyllum peltatum
May apple, mayapple, American mandrake, wild mandrake and ground lemon, Podophyllum peltatum. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze

Bird of paradise flower, Strelitzia reginae
Crane flower or bird of paradise flower, Strelitzia reginae, Strelitzia della Regina. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Javillo or antidote caccoon fruit, Fevillea cordifolia. (Fevillea hederacea, Fevillea a foglie d ellera). Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle

Red mangrove, Rhozophora mangle, Rizofora dei paduli. Mangle. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Mexican cotton, Gossypium hirsutum
Upland cotton or Mexican cotton, Gossypium hirsutum. (Gossypium tricuspidatum, Gossypium religiosum, Cotone di tre punte)

Changeable velvetberry, Stachytarpheta mutabilis
Changeable velvetberry, coral porterweed, pink snakeweed, red snakeweed or pink rat tail, Stachytarpheta mutabilis, Verbena mutabilis, Verbena di fiori cangianti

Madam gorgon, Acicarpha tribuloides. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Poster, Turn Over a New Leaf, eat vegetables daily to enjoy good health. circa 1945

Advert for Elkington & Co Victorian items 1895
Advert for Elkington & Co, with eleotro plate household items including; Irish inkstand, vegetable dish, tea and coffee set, case of four serviette rings, salt and spoons, salad bowl and servers

Frenchman with large gourd in a market in Montaigu-de-Quercy
Frenchman with a large gourd on a market stall in Montaigu-de-Quercy in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region of southern France

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