Print this page or go back to standard view.
FLO4587482: Tansy leaf phacelia, native to California - Water forte by S. Watts from an illustration by Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857), from the Botanical Register, 1834, by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) - Tansy-leaved or lacy phacelia, Phacelia tanacetifolia, Native to California - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts an illustration by Miss Drake, from Sydenham Edwards' “” The Botanical Register,” London, Ridgway, 1834, Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4587486: Vesicular Epiary, originally from Europe - Water forte by S. Watts from an illustration by Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857), from the Botanical Register, 1834, by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) - Bladdery stachys, Stachys inflata, Native to Europe - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Drake, from Sydenham Edam Wards' “” The Botanical Register,” London, Ridgway, 1834, Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4587491: Calceolaire or small slipper or purse of lady, native to Chile - Water forte by S. Watts from an illustration by Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857), from the Botanical Register, 1834, by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) - White-leaved slipperwort or capachito, Calceolaria polifolia, Native to Chile - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after year illustration by Miss Drake, from Sydenham Edwards' “” The Botanical Register,”” London, Ridgway, 1834, Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4587492: Leptosiphon androsace, native to California - Water by S. Watts from an illustration by Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857), from the Botanical Register, 1834, by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) - False babystars or androsace-like leptosiphon, Leptosiphon androsaceus, Native to California - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after year illustration by Miss Drake, from Sydenham Edwards' “” The Botanical Register,”” London, Ridgway, 1834, Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4588703: Variete of Stylidium (carnivorous plant) - Silky triggerplant (Hairy stylewort, Stylidium pilosum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards' Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London: Ridgeway, 1842. / Bridgeman Images
LRI4588738: Etruscan civilization: head of woman wearing a hat (Etruscan art, woman head with hat, bronze sculpture from Fonte Veneziana (Arezzo), 500-480 BC, Dim 5.6 cm) Bronze sculpture 500-480 BC Dim 5.6 cm From Fonte Veneziana (Arezzo) Florence, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze, Etruscan, (5th century BC) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4588755: Summer Triangle - Starry sky - Summer triangle - Summer Triangle; top, Dened du Swan, bottom right Vega de la Lyre and bottom left Altair de l'Eagle. The Fleche and the Dauphin are also visible. 13 August 2006, Treguennec (Finistere). The summer triangle: (top) Deneb in Cygnus, (bottom right) Vega in Lyra and Altair in Aquila (bottom left) above a beach in Brittany. Sagitta and Delphinus are also visible. August 13 2006, Treguennec (Finistere - France) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4588756: Bonsai oxalis, Oxalis megalorrhiza (or Oxalis succulenta) (Red-edged wood sorrel, Oxalis rubrocincta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards' Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London: Ridgeway, 1842. / Bridgeman Images
LRI4588774: Etruscan civilization: statuette of dancer (Etruscan art, dancer, Bronze sculpture from Fonte Veneziana (Arezzo), 6th-5th century BC) Bronze sculpture 6th-5th century BC From Fonte Veneziana (Arezzo) Florence, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze, Etruscan, (6th century BC) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4589052: Balance Constellation - The Libra constellation - View from the southern hemisphere, New Zealand. At the top of the picture, the bright star is Antares, in the Scorpio. Libra seen from the southern hemisphere. The bright star on top of the image is Antares, located in Scorpius / Bridgeman Images
PIX4589130: Whale Constellation - Constellation of Cetus - Also visible, the constellation Belier at the top of the picture. Cetus (the Whale or Sea Monster) is an ancient constellation in the northern sky depicting a whale - like creature basking on the shores of the fabled stream Eridanus, which flows from the celestial equator far into the southern sky. Cetus is extensive but not very distinctive, containing few bright stars. However, some of the stars are exceptionally interesting, particlarly Mira the wonderful, the prototype variable star, whose variability was first noted 400 years ago. The constellation of Aries is visible at the top of the image / Bridgeman Images
PIX4589140: Whale Constellation - Constellation of Cetus - George's Electric Machine and Harp are extinct constellations. Mirror of Urania by Jehoshaphat Aspin 1825 Constellations of Machina Electrica and Harpa Georgii are former constellations. Urania's Mirror, by Jehoshaphat Aspin, 1825 / Bridgeman Images