EditorialWhite water lily, Nymphaea alba. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, engraved by Luigi Giarre, and published by Batelli e...
Editorialpainting, Jacob Isaacz. van Swanenburg, c. 1615, Signature front, bottom right, on the stone: IAco SWANEB [...], canvas, oil paint, painted, General old dimensions: 101 x 125.5cm 1010 x 1255mm, With frame: 121 ? 174.5 ? 6cm 1210 ? 1745 ? 60mm, horse, h...
EditorialCarved Vessel Depicting a Lord Wearing a Water-Lily Headdress. Late Classic Maya, Chochol?; Yucat?n or Campeche, Mexico. Date: 600 AD-800 AD. Dimensions: H. 15.2 cm (6 in.). Ceramic and pigment. Origin: Mexico.
EditorialRed-flowered water lily, Nymphaea rubra. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, T. Curtis, London, 1810.
EditorialEgyptian white water-lily, Nymphaea lotus, with flower, bud, and lilypad. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher a...
EditorialGiant waterlily, Victoria amazonica (Victoria water-lily, Victoria regia), unexpanded flower, ovary in section, and leaf underside. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Fitch from Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Curtis's B...
EditorialGiant waterlily, Victoria amazonica (Victoria water-lily, Victoria regia), torus, stamen, ovary, ovules, stigma and fruit outline. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Fitch from Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Curtis's Bo...
EditorialBlue Egyptian water lily, Nymphaea caerulea 1, and water hemp, Ayapana triplinervis (Eupatorium aya-pana) 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (...
EditorialBowl, 1835?65, Made in New York, United States, American, Blown glass with applied decoration, H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Diam. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm), Glass, This bowl features superimposed ?lily pad? decoration, a motif adopted by glassmakers primarily in ...
EditorialVictoria Regia, Oodeypore. This view shows a young Indian boy sitting on a chair placed on a Victoria Regia water-lily in the middle of a pond. An attendant stands in the pond a few feet away. Ardagh Collection: Album of 'Photographs - India'. 1890s. P...
EditorialYellow water-lily, Nuphar lutea, Nenuphar lutea, Nenuphar jaune. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr. Gerard and Francois Herincqs La Regne Vegetal: Flore Medi...
EditorialEuropean white water lily, Nymphaea alba, Nymphea blanc.Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr. Gerard and Francois Herincqs La Regne Vegetal: Flore Medicale, L. G...