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  • Rose (Rosa species): flowers and leaves. Pencil drawing.
  • Rose stem with autumn leaves. Watercolour drawing.
  • Two raspberry plant stems, one with a chrysalis attached. Watercolour.
  • Christ is paraded before the people wearing a crown of thorns. Etching by F.P. Massau after J.F. Overbeck, 1848.
  • Autumn leaves of hawthorn (Crataegus). Watercolour drawing.
  • Sappanwood tree (Caesalpinia sappan): flowering branch, pod and thorns. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.
  • Christ carries his cross to Golgotha. Etching by H. Kipp after J.F. Overbeck, 1846.
  • Various leaf forms, leaf venation, bud arrangements and woody stems. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.
  • A peasant without shoes removing a thorn (?) from his foot, a dog accompanies him. Etching by J. Miel.
  • Three fruiting plant stems, including a rose, a liliaceous plant and a tree with red berries. Watercolour.
  • Jesus is exhibited to the people wearing a crown of thorns. Line engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1587, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): twenty one different anatomical segments of the plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
  • Four examples of thorny or hairy plant stems: a rose, barberry, plum and stinging nettle. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • A thorny stem of Poncirus grafted to a woody stock. Watercolour.
  • Four plants, all with different forms of tendrils or thorns. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Christ's body is carried to its tomb; the lamenting women watch. Line engraving by A. Sadeler after F. Barocci.
  • The deposition of Christ from the cross. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Niccolò da Cremona, 1518.
  • A satyr wearing eyeglasses, with young assistant, removes a thorn from the foot of a male faun who leans against female companion. Engraving by G. Piccini after J. Muller after B. Spranger.
  • Christ crowned with thorns. Engraving after A. Durer, 1512.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ child, saints and martyrs (known as the 'Madonna del Rosario') Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1619-21.
  • An asparagus plant (Asparagus aphyllus): plant with floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
  • The mocking and flagellation of Christ; he is crowned with thorns and beaten with sticks. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Carracci.
  • Christ's thorn plant (Ziziphus spina-christi): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1817.
  • Various leaf forms, leaf arrangements and bulbs. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.
  • Venus pulling a thorn from her foot in an elaborate rural setting, a rabbit accompanies her. Engraving by M. Dente, 1516, after Raphael.
  • The Virgin holds the dead Christ in her arms. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after A. Tiarini.
  • Goat's thorn (Astragalus): flowering stem and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
  • The mocking and flagellation of Christ; he is crowned with thorns and handed a reed as a mock sceptre. Line engraving by S.A. Bolswert after A. van Dyck.
  • Venus pulling a thorn from her foot in beautiful countryside. Engraving by P. Audouin, after P. Bouillon after Raphael.
  • The deposition of Christ from the cross; the holy women mourn. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Massari.