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Woad Collection

Background imageWoad Collection: Two Ancient Britons, male and female

Two Ancient Britons, male and female, painted with woad (a blue dye) and armed with swords and spears

Background imageWoad Collection: Woaded Briton in Coracle

Woaded Briton in Coracle
A native of ancient Britain in woad markings paddles his coracle fishing boat on the river

Background imageWoad Collection: Ancient Britons lounging in a hut

Ancient Britons lounging in a hut
Ancient Celtic Britons lounging in a hut. Man with bow and quivers of arrows, torso tattooed with woad, fur robe, bare-breasted woman in animal-skin skirt, cattle and sheep in the background

Background imageWoad Collection: Maaeata and Caledonian men of the pre-Roman era

Maaeata and Caledonian men of the pre-Roman era
Maaeata and Caledonian men, inhabitants of the plains and forests of North Britain, pre-Roman era. The Catini man on the left carries a cat, a club with four spikes

Background imageWoad Collection: Britons, tattooed Caledonians and Queen Boudica

Britons, tattooed Caledonians and Queen Boudica
Ancient Briton with spear and shield, naked Caledonians with woad tattoos, and Queen Boudica with wooden chariot

Background imageWoad Collection: Woad species, Isatis tinctoria

Woad species, Isatis tinctoria. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageWoad Collection: Dyers woad, Isatis tinctoria. Dyer s

Dyers woad, Isatis tinctoria. Dyer s
Dyers woad, Isatis tinctoria, Pastel des Teinturers. Handcoloured steel engraving by L. Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Background imageWoad Collection: Passionflower and dyers woad

Passionflower and dyers woad
Passionflower, Passiflora uraniae 1, and dyers woad, Isatis tinctoria 2. Passiflore, pastel

Background imageWoad Collection: Woad, Isatis tinctoria

Woad, Isatis tinctoria. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London, 1816

Background imageWoad Collection: Woad and dyers rocket

Woad and dyers rocket
Woad or glastum, Isatis tinctoria 1, and dyers rocket, Reseda luteola 2

Background imageWoad Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 734

Curtis British Entomology Plate 734
Coleoptera: Trogosita mauritanica = Tenebroides mauritanicus [Plant: Isatis tinctoria (Woad)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageWoad Collection: An ancient Briton in a fishing boat

An ancient Briton in a fishing boat
An ancient Briton in a round coracle boat catching fish with a net. He has paint on his body (woad) which would have been used to intimidate his enemies during battle. Date: circa 400BC

Background imageWoad Collection: PLANTS / ISATIS TINCTORIA

PLANTS / ISATIS TINCTORIA
WOAD Date: early 20th century

Background imageWoad Collection: WOAD

WOAD
Pict warrior dressed in woad

Background imageWoad Collection: Woad-leaved centaurea with yellow fluffy flowers

Woad-leaved centaurea with yellow fluffy flowers, native of the east, Centaurea glastifolia

Background imageWoad Collection: Pict Warrior

Pict Warrior
A Pict warrior dressed in woad

Background imageWoad Collection: Briton, Pict, Roman, Druid

Briton, Pict, Roman, Druid
Ancient Briton, Roman, Pict and a Druid

Background imageWoad Collection: Plants / Isatis Tinctoria

Plants / Isatis Tinctoria
Smallage, or Wild Celery

Background imageWoad Collection: Uncultivated State

Uncultivated State
Ancient Britons in their most uncultivated state


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