Prunus Cerasus (Sour Cherry) 1788-1812 from ‘Icones Plantarum Medicinalium’ by Joseph Jakob Plenck (1788-1812).

Hand-coloured engraving and gouache.

Image and text information courtesy MIA.

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Bonbonniere (1760-1775).

Enamel and gilded metal.

Smithsonian American Art Museum.

(Source: americanart.si.edu)

Bouquet of Spring flowers and a poem taken from ‘Illustrated London Almanack’ (1884).

Engraving by Leighton Brothers.

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Floral cards from a set of 28 (French, 1840-1860).

Engravings.

Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie.

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