New Images August 2021 Gallery

Ghost plant or Indian pipe, Monotropa uniflora

Ghost plant or Indian pipe, Monotropa uniflora. Monotrope a une fleur. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by Gabriel, drawn and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century

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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. Polpo comune, Polpo muschiato Totano sepiola, Totano di Cranch. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by Corsi, drawn by Jean Gabriel Pretre and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century

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Classical Musicians and Conductors

Simon Rattle, Maria Callas, Nigel Kennedy, Leslie Garrett, Bryn Terfel, Kiri Te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, Andre Previn, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo - Classical Musicians and Conductors Date

© The Lennard Publishing Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

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