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Images about Solanaceae

55 images from works
  • Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna): flowering plants growing in woodland. Colour process print, c. 1924.
  • Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi): fruiting stem. Watercolour by B. Bird.
  • Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum): leaves and fruits. Pen drawing, partially coloured.
  • A plant (Hyoscyamus aureus): flowering stem and floral segments. Watercolour by G. D. Ehret, 1736.
  • A chilli pepper (Capsicum annum) and a separate leafy stem. Watercolour.
  • Poor man's orchid or butterfly flower (Schizanthus pinnatus): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, 1833.
  • Tobacco (Nicotiana sp.): flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • A crimson petunia plant (Petunia x hybrida): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.
  • Chilli or pepper plant (Capsicum annuum): fruiting stem. Watercolour.
  • Smoking tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
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Works from the collections

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    A plant (Lycium aethiopicum): flowering stem and floral segments. Watercolour by G. D. Ehret, 1736.

    Georg Dionysius Ehret | Date: [spring 1736] | Reference: 28364i
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    Woody nightshade or bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara): flowering and fruiting stem. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 22084i
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    Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

    | Date: [1774] | Reference: 16859i
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    Aubergine or egg plant (Solanum melongena): fruits of different varieties. Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.

    Briscoe, H. | Date: [1870] | Reference: 26150i
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    Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

    | Date: 1834 | Reference: 27334i
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Related topics

Botany
Plants, Cultivated
Plants
History, 19th Century
Plants, Useful
England
Plants, Medicinal
Plants, Ornamental
History, 18th Century
Plants, Toxic

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