Artificial Collection (#5)

Lebanon cedar, Cedrus libani
Lebanon cedar Cedrus libani Pinus cedrus Linn. Cedre avec tous les details de sa fructification. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier

African bowstring hemp, Sansevieria hyacinthoides. Aloe guinensis radice geniculata foliis ex atro undulatim variegatis, Commelin, Aloes de Guinee

Italian maple, Acer opalus, Ital. L Erable opale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Les dons merveilleux et diversement colories de la nature dans le r?

Junction of Erie and Northern Canal, engraved by J. Hill, c. 1830-32 (colour litho)
NYH189014 Junction of Erie and Northern Canal, engraved by J. Hill, c.1830-32 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Collection of the New-York Historical Society

Echelle a Saumons a chutes en ligne droite (engraving)
5993147 Echelle a Saumons a chutes en ligne droite (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Echelle a Saumons a chutes en ligne droite)

Le laboratoire vivant de Concarneau (engraving)
5993154 Le laboratoire vivant de Concarneau (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le laboratoire vivant de Concarneau)

Women making flowers 1912
Women from the John Grooms Crippleage and Blind Mission making artificial wild roses to be sold at Alexandra Day. In 1912

Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens (engraving)
610409 Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens)

Sea trout, charr and fishing methods
Sea trout, Salmo trutta trutta 98, charr, Salvelinus alpinus alpinus 99, and fshing methods using manmade rapids on a river to catch salmon in grills and nets

Women in hairstyles and hats of 1788
Woman in a gauze pouf hat decorated with ribbons and plumes, and woman in a gauze pouf hat decorated with artificial roses and plumes. Both in hairstyles of ringlets and curls by M

Women in fashionable hats of 1788
Woman in bonnet-hat in red, green and white, with yellow plumes and artificial roses, and woman in hat of gauze and taffeta surmounted by feathers

Woman in caraco and petticoat, 1788
Woman in taffeta pierrot caraco jacket, white linen petticoat, fichu in English gauze, and headdress of artificial roses and ribbons

Women in large bonnet and chapeau, 1787
Woman in redingote in black wool with two collars, bonnet a la grande pretesse with artificial roses, and woman in striped taffeta robe, fichu, large yellow gauze chapeau tied with violet ribbon

Garden architecture with bridge leading to gazebo above an artificial waterfall. Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1883

Autruche artificielle (engraving)
2781584 Autruche artificielle (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Autruche artificielle)

Making artificial eyes from glass and enamel (b / w photo)
3637654 Making artificial eyes from glass and enamel (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Making artificial eyes from glass and enamel)

Beaute artificielle. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 1906 (colour litho)
3101413 Beaute artificielle. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 1906 (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beaute artificielle)

Nurburgring motor racing course, Nurburg, Germany
The Nurburgring, Nurburg, Germany, at the time the worlds biggest artificial motor racing course. 20th century

Advert, Lotts Toy Building Bricks - Market Hall
Advert, Lotts Toy Building Bricks of artificial stone - Market Hall. 1918

Aerial view of Porto Pim, Faial (Fayal) Island, Azores
Aerial view of the artificial harbour and bay of Porto Pim, Faial (Fayal) Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1908

Sketches of the Cat Show at the Crystal Palace (engraving)
1107268 Sketches of the Cat Show at the Crystal Palace (engraving) by Courbould, Alfred (fl.1831-75); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches of the Cat Show at the Crystal Palace)

Advert for Wolsey stockings 1928
Pure silk stockings. Date: 1928

Flight (chromolitho)
2800790 Flight (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flight. French educational card, late 19th or early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Letter I (chromolitho)
3626570 Letter I (chromolitho) by Zweigle, Walter (1859-1904); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter I. Illustration from Welt-ABC (Gustav Weise, Stuttgart, c1894).); © Look and Learn

Lempereur & Bernard Acetylene Lighting (colour litho)
747108 Lempereur & Bernard Acetylene Lighting (colour litho) by Belgian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Persons in wedlock should be properly matched (coloured engraving)
602563 Persons in wedlock should be properly matched (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Benefactors of Mankind (colour litho)
2795454 Benefactors of Mankind (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Benefactors of Mankind)

Pyramids of Cholulu (b / w photo)
6018282 Pyramids of Cholulu (b/w photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pyramids of Cholulu)

Natural and artificial teeth (engraving)
5223894 Natural and artificial teeth (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Natural and artificial teeth)

Vue d un bassin de la lagune de Comacchio et d un labyrinthe pour la peche (engraving)
5993165 Vue d un bassin de la lagune de Comacchio et d un labyrinthe pour la peche (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Vue generale du lac Fusaro (engraving)
5993159 Vue generale du lac Fusaro (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vue generale du lac Fusaro)

Reserve ou parc de depot pour les huitres etabli en pleine eau, dans le lac Fusaro (engraving)
5993156 Reserve ou parc de depot pour les huitres etabli en pleine eau, dans le lac Fusaro (engraving) by European School

The advertising robot, which rises to its feet, fires a gun to get attention
5999243 The advertising robot, which rises to its feet, fires a gun to get attention, and then announces the goods it is advertising (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Chiswick, design for a rockword cascade with an octagonal Doric temple on the terrace
5926031 Chiswick, design for a rockword cascade with an octagonal Doric temple on the terrace behind (pen and ink over pencil on paper) by Kent

Chiswick, design for a cascade (pen and ink and wash on paper)
5926005 Chiswick, design for a cascade (pen and ink and wash on paper) by Kent, William (1684-1748); 35.5x47 cm; eThe Devonshire Collections

Chiswick, design for a pedimented cascade combined with a road bridge at the end of
5925996 Chiswick, design for a pedimented cascade combined with a road bridge at the end of the canal ( pen & ink and wash on paper) by Kent

Le Tatouage a la Nouvelle-Zelande (engraving)
3645318 Le Tatouage a la Nouvelle-Zelande (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Tatouage a la Nouvelle-Zelande)

The London Flower Mission, Clerkenwell Close, London - Making artificial flowers (engraving)
607839 The London Flower Mission, Clerkenwell Close, London - Making artificial flowers (engraving) by Barnes, Robert (1840-95); Private Collection; (add.info.: The London Flower Mission)

Page from a wallpaper sample book, 1885-90 (surface roller or hand block printed paper)
3084435 Page from a wallpaper sample book, 1885-90 (surface roller or hand block printed paper) by English School, (19th century); 26x46.5 cm; The Geffrye Museum of the Home, London

The Terrific Combat between General Risingh and Peter Stuyvesant before Fort Christina (colour litho)
668730 The Terrific Combat between General Risingh and Peter Stuyvesant before Fort Christina (colour litho) by American School

The Principal Forms of Nutritional Adulteration, c. 1883 (coloured engraving)
CHT177820 The Principal Forms of Nutritional Adulteration, c.1883 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: butter with colouring, grease)

Riders at the water jump on the new riding switchback at the Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, London (b / w photo)
6014341 Riders at the water jump on the new riding switchback at the Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, London (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Vue exterieure de l etablissement de pisciculture de Huningue (engraving)
5993158 Vue exterieure de l etablissement de pisciculture de Huningue (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Etablissement de pisciculture de Huningue, vue interieure. (engraving)
5993157 Etablissement de pisciculture de Huningue, vue interieure. (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Etablissement de pisciculture de Huningue)

Plan de l anse de l Aiguillon pres de la Rochelle (engraving)
5993148 Plan de l anse de l Aiguillon pres de la Rochelle (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan de l anse de l Aiguillon pres de la Rochelle)

Fleurs Artificielles, c. 1820-35 (porcelain)
1766889 Fleurs Artificielles, c.1820-35 (porcelain) by Develly, Jean-Charles (1783-1849); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fleurs Artificielles)

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