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Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.

Flor-ador food : suitable for the seven ages of man / Florador Food Company.

Slices of sunshine / Huntley & Palmers.

Christ winnowing evil from the human heart; a penitent bathing in the blood and water from Christ's side; an angel locking a dragon in hell. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1578.

Shredded Wheat : no waiting, ready cooked, delightful : send for free sample / Shredded Wheat Co.

Bales of wheat in a yellow field with a pair of white socks floating against a yellow sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; German version of a series of 'Stop AIDS' campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz. Colour lithograph.

The Sunny Jim rag doll... : wheatear cereal spoon / A.C. Fincken & Co. Ltd.

Twenty trees, herbs and shrubs of the bible. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

Bales of wheat in a yellow field with a pair of white socks floating against a yellow sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; French version of a series of 'Stop SIDA' [Stop AIDS] campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health, in collaboration with l'Aide Suisse contre le SIDA. Colour lithograph.

A grain of wheat showing ingredients of whole wheat cereal. Colour lithograph by the Ralston Purina Company, 1962.

Food processing: threshing cereals

A farmer and his wife contemplating their full-grown crop in a field ready for harvest. Colour lithograph, 18--.

An allegory of agriculture: Ceres reclining amidst a collection of farm implements, she holds a sheaf of wheat and a scythe. Engraving by W. Bromley, 1789, after a sculptural panel by Mrs E. Coade.

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A grain of wheat showing ingredients of whole wheat cereal. Colour lithograph by the Ralston Purina Company, 1962.

Food processing: threshing cereals

Slices of sunshine / Huntley & Palmers.

A farmer and his wife contemplating their full-grown crop in a field ready for harvest. Colour lithograph, 18--.

An allegory of agriculture: Ceres reclining amidst a collection of farm implements, she holds a sheaf of wheat and a scythe. Engraving by W. Bromley, 1789, after a sculptural panel by Mrs E. Coade.