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Image number: RS.18900
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'Viscum viscus quercinus'
Date
1750
Creator
Elizabeth Blackwell (1707 - 1758, British) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
28651
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 375mm
width (page): 228mm
width (page): 228mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical study of common mistletoe, Viscum album, listed here as Viscum viscus quercinus.
Plate 184 from Elizabeth Blackwell's Vermehrtes und verbessertes Blackwellisches Krauter-Buch..., volume two; the German version of her A Curious Herbal (1737-1739), a reference work on medicinal plants.
Inscribed below: 'Viscum viscus quercinus [1.2. Beer 3.5. Feern] Lichen-Blistell.'
Elizabeth Blackwell (1707 –1758), Scottish botanical illustrator and author, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Plate 184 from Elizabeth Blackwell's Vermehrtes und verbessertes Blackwellisches Krauter-Buch..., volume two; the German version of her A Curious Herbal (1737-1739), a reference work on medicinal plants.
Inscribed below: 'Viscum viscus quercinus [1.2. Beer 3.5. Feern] Lichen-Blistell.'
Elizabeth Blackwell (1707 –1758), Scottish botanical illustrator and author, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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