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Parsley Collection

"Parsley: A Versatile Herb and Spice with a Victorian Charm" Delve into the world of herbs and spices, where parsley takes center stage

Background imageParsley Collection: Herbs anb Spice, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Herbs anb Spice, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Botanical Illustration of Forage Herbs anb Spice: Plate 11, from The Book of Practical Botany in Word and Image

Background imageParsley Collection: Poisonous Plants

Poisonous Plants
Deadly Nightshade (Atropa Belladonna); Thorn Apple (Datura Stramonium); Henbane (Hyoscyamus Niger); Mezereon (Daphne Mezereum); Fools Parsley (Aethusa Cynapium);

Background imageParsley Collection: Salad herbs, plantes condimentaires pour salades

Salad herbs, plantes condimentaires pour salades. Parsley, Apium petroselinum, cicely, Myrrhis odorata, watercress, Nasturtium officinale, cress, Lepidium sativum, and summer savory

Background imageParsley Collection: Fools parsley, hemlock and northern water hemlock

Fools parsley, hemlock and northern water hemlock
Fools parsley, Aethusa cynapium 1, hemlock, Conium maculatum 2, and northern water hemlock, Cicuta virosa 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Background imageParsley Collection: Starry Gazey Pie, Mousehole, Cornwall

Starry Gazey Pie, Mousehole, Cornwall
A mouthwatering example of a Starry Gazey Pie, served up on Tom Bawcocks Eve (23 December) at Mousehole in Cornwall. The dish, with fish heads and tails sticking out of it, is unique to Mousehole

Background imageParsley Collection: Cow parsley or wild chervil, Anthriscus sylvestris

Cow parsley or wild chervil, Anthriscus sylvestris
5856017 Cow parsley or wild chervil, Anthriscus sylvestris; (add.info.: Cow parsley or wild chervil, Anthriscus sylvestris)

Background imageParsley Collection: French curled Parsley

French curled Parsley
5308117 French curled Parsley.; (add.info.: Illustration of French curled Parsley. 19th century gardening book. 1893. 01/01/1893); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageParsley Collection: Japanese hedge parsley, Torilis japonica

Japanese hedge parsley, Torilis japonica
5856020 Japanese hedge parsley, Torilis japonica; (add.info.: Japanese hedge parsley, Torilis japonica. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora")

Background imageParsley Collection: Fool's parsley, Aethusa cynapium

Fool's parsley, Aethusa cynapium
5856011 Fool's parsley, Aethusa cynapium; (add.info.: Fool's parsley, Aethusa cynapium. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora")

Background imageParsley Collection: Milk parsley, Peucedanum palustre Moench

Milk parsley, Peucedanum palustre Moench
5856004 Milk parsley, Peucedanum palustre Moench.; (add.info.: Milk parsley, Peucedanum palustre Moench. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora")

Background imageParsley Collection: Parsley (colour litho)

Parsley (colour litho)
3117087 Parsley (colour litho); (add.info.: Petroselinum sativum, Petroselinum crispum Kohler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erlauterndem Texte)

Background imageParsley Collection: Parsley, Petroselinum sativum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr

Parsley, Petroselinum sativum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr
FLO4564375 Parsley, Petroselinum sativum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Background imageParsley Collection: Cow parsley

Cow parsley
Nel Talen

Background imageParsley Collection: Plate showing various herbs from John Parkinson's Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris

Plate showing various herbs from John Parkinson's Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris
5307935 Plate showing various herbs from John Parkinson's Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris'.; (add.info.: Plate showing various herbs from John Parkinson's Paradisi in Sole Paradisus)

Background imageParsley Collection: Parsley, Petroselinum crispum (Petroselinum sativum). Chromolithograph after a botanical

Parsley, Petroselinum crispum (Petroselinum sativum). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann
FLO4992886 Parsley, Petroselinum crispum (Petroselinum sativum). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehler's Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler

Background imageParsley Collection: Basket with tomato, parsley and salad

Basket with tomato, parsley and salad Tuscany. Date of Photograph:1960 ca

Background imageParsley Collection: Engraving drawings vegetables from 1882

Engraving drawings vegetables from 1882
" 18th Century Style, Kohlrabi, Healthy Eating, Painted Image, Antique, Engraved Image, Woodcut, Illustration and Painting, Etching, Pencil Drawing, Image Created 18th Century

Background imageParsley Collection: Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW. 2 WR960 Dougal

Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW. 2 WR960 Dougal
Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW.2 WR960 Dougal, delivered to No.8 Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth on 8 June 1972 and retired in 1981

Background imageParsley Collection: Still Life. Vegetables, 1675-1735. Creator: Jean Baptiste Gaijot Dubuisson

Still Life. Vegetables, 1675-1735. Creator: Jean Baptiste Gaijot Dubuisson
Still Life. Vegetables, 1675-1735

Background imageParsley Collection: Giant Howeed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) seen from wormaes-eye view, Noord-Holland

Giant Howeed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) seen from wormaes-eye view, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Background imageParsley Collection: Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) flowers seen below, Noord-Holland

Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) flowers seen below, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Background imageParsley Collection: Parsley flower

Parsley flower
Margareth Perfoncio

Background imageParsley Collection: Seasonings for Dinner

Seasonings for Dinner
Margareth Perfoncio

Background imageParsley Collection: Parsley I

Parsley I
Rosana Laiz Blursbyai

Background imageParsley Collection: Parsley II

Parsley II
Rosana Laiz Blursbyai

Background imageParsley Collection: Parsley vintage

Parsley vintage
Rosana Laiz Blursbyai

Background imageParsley Collection: Pygmy owl

Pygmy owl
Henk Langerak

Background imageParsley Collection: Avro Shackleton AEW. 2 WR963 Parsley

Avro Shackleton AEW. 2 WR963 Parsley
Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW.2 WR963 Parsley of No.8 Squadron. Date: circa 1985

Background imageParsley Collection: Salad herbs, plantes condimentaires pour salades

Salad herbs, plantes condimentaires pour salades
5324564 Salad herbs, plantes condimentaires pour salades by Maubert, Louis Joseph Edouard (1806-1879); (add.info.: Salad herbs, plantes condimentaires pour salades)

Background imageParsley Collection: Yellow flowered parsley, Apium petroselinum

Yellow flowered parsley, Apium petroselinum
5856637 Yellow flowered parsley, Apium petroselinum by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: Yellow flowered parsley, Apium petroselinum)

Background imageParsley Collection: Didrachm (Coin) Depicting a Parsley Leaf, 520-490 BCE. Creator: Unknown

Didrachm (Coin) Depicting a Parsley Leaf, 520-490 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Didrachm (Coin) Depicting a Parsley Leaf, 520-490 BCE

Background imageParsley Collection: The Parsley Bouquet, 1832. Creator: Becquet

The Parsley Bouquet, 1832. Creator: Becquet
The Parsley Bouquet, 1832

Background imageParsley Collection: Draw a pail of water (colour litho)

Draw a pail of water (colour litho)
3631215 Draw a pail of water (colour litho) by Greenaway, Kate (1846-1901) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Draw a pail of water)

Background imageParsley Collection: Still Life with Meat, Fish, Vegetables and Fruit, c. 1615-20 (oil on panel)

Still Life with Meat, Fish, Vegetables and Fruit, c. 1615-20 (oil on panel)
5673784 Still Life with Meat, Fish, Vegetables and Fruit, c.1615-20 (oil on panel) by Hulsdonck, Jacob van (1582-1647); 71.5 x 104 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Background imageParsley Collection: The Parsley (colour litho)

The Parsley (colour litho)
2638611 The Parsley (colour litho) by Martin, Anna (fl.1896); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustrator: Anna Martin Illustration from Plants and their application to ornament)

Background imageParsley Collection: Cow parsley, Anthriscus sylvestris

Cow parsley, Anthriscus sylvestris (Smooth cow parsley, Chaerophyllum sylvestre). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Background imageParsley Collection: White lace flower, Orlaya grandiflora

White lace flower, Orlaya grandiflora (Small caucalis or bastard parsley, Caucalis daucoides). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1794

Background imageParsley Collection: Cow parsley or wild chervil, Anthriscus sylvestris

Cow parsley or wild chervil, Anthriscus sylvestris. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Background imageParsley Collection: Parsley, Petroselinum crispum

Parsley, Petroselinum crispum (Petroselinum sativum). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Background imageParsley Collection: Crinkle bush or parsley fern, Lomatia silaifolia

Crinkle bush or parsley fern, Lomatia silaifolia
Crinkle bush or parsley fern (sulphur-wort-leaved lomatia), Lomatia silaifolia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr

Background imageParsley Collection: Fools parsley, Aethusa cynapium

Fools parsley, Aethusa cynapium
Fools parsley, fools cicely, or poison parsley, Aethusa cynapium. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Background imageParsley Collection: Parsley, Petroselinum sativum

Parsley, Petroselinum sativum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Background imageParsley Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 691

Curtis British Entomology Plate 691
Lepidoptera: Siona dealbata = Siona lineata (Black-veined Moth) [Plant: Petroselinum segetum (Corn Parsley)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageParsley Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 432

Curtis British Entomology Plate 432
Diptera: Eristalis nubilipennis = Eristalis cryptarum (Beautiful Hover-Fly) [Plant: Oenanthe pimpinelloides (Parsley Water Dropwort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageParsley Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 94

Curtis British Entomology Plate 94
Diptera: Laphria nigra = Choerades marginatus (Black Robber-fly) [Plant: Sison amomum (Bastard Stone Parsley)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageParsley Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 11

Curtis British Entomology Plate 11
Coleoptera: Molorchus minor (Maculated Molorchus) [Plant: Aethusa cynapium (Fool?s Parsley)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageParsley Collection: Parsley (engraving)

Parsley (engraving)
2807062 Parsley (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Parsley. Illustration for An Illustrated Vocabulary For The Use Of The Deaf And Dumb (SPCK)

Background imageParsley Collection: Parsley - Garden parsley, Petroselinum crispum, with flower, leaf, stalk, root, and seed

Parsley - Garden parsley, Petroselinum crispum, with flower, leaf, stalk, root, and seed
FLO4604018 Parsley - Garden parsley, Petroselinum crispum, with flower, leaf, stalk, root, and seed. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by Pierre




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"Parsley: A Versatile Herb and Spice with a Victorian Charm" Delve into the world of herbs and spices, where parsley takes center stage. This humble plant has been cherished for centuries, its delicate leaves adding flavor to countless dishes. In the realm of Victorian botanical illustration, parsley stands tall as a symbol of culinary excellence. But beware. Amidst its popularity lies a cautionary tale. Some species are poisonous plants, such as fool's parsley or hemlock. These dangerous look-alikes serve as a reminder to tread carefully when foraging in nature's pantry. Yet fear not, for there is an abundance of safe varieties that grace our salads with their vibrant presence. Known as salad herbs or "plantes condimentaires pour salades, " these fresh green sprigs elevate any dish they adorn. Traveling to Mousehole in Cornwall unveils another intriguing aspect of this herb – Starry Gazey Pie. This traditional delicacy features fish heads poking through the pastry crust, reminiscent of stars gazing at the heavens above. Parsley plays an essential role in enhancing the flavors within this unique creation. Venturing further into folklore and history reveals more tales associated with parsley's name. From cow parsley swaying gracefully along country lanes to vintage illustrations capturing its essence on paper – each portrayal adds depth to its story. Not limited to gastronomy alone, "Parsley I" and "Parsley II" also find themselves intertwined with aviation history. The Avro Shackleton AEW. 2 WR963 aircraft earned the nickname "Parsley" due to its distinctive paint scheme featuring this beloved herb. And what better way to savor earthy flavors than indulging in porcini mushrooms au gratin? Ceps mushrooms (Boletus edulis) harmonize perfectly with sprinklings of finely chopped parsley atop this delectable dish.