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Six flowering plants, all with a different type of compound inflorescence. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

A bunch of flowering lilacs (Syringa vulgaris). Lithograph by E. Champin, c. 1850, after herself.

Seven British garden plants, including a fig: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

Lilac plant (Syringa species): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

Leaves and twigs of lilac (Syringa), box (Buxus) and alder (Alnus). Watercolour, pencil and pen drawings.

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Leaves and twigs of lilac (Syringa), box (Buxus) and alder (Alnus). Watercolour, pencil and pen drawings.

Seven British garden plants, including a fig: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

A bunch of flowering lilacs (Syringa vulgaris). Lithograph by E. Champin, c. 1850, after herself.

Six flowering plants, all with a different type of compound inflorescence. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

Lilac plant (Syringa species): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.