FLO4562301: Ornamental white flowers with fine pink lines of Crinum procerum, variete of lilies from Rangoon (Burma, Myanmar). Illustration by William Herbert (1778-1847, monk, poet and botanist, specialist of bulb plants), engraving by Weddell. Eau forte in The Curtis Botanical Magazine, by Samuel Curtis, 1826, with the help of William Jackson Hooper, professor of botany at the University of Glascow (Scotland). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4562317: Elegant greenhouse flower, purple and white from African Corymbose, Cape of Good Esperance (South Africa). Illustration by William Jackson Hoker (1785-1865), British botanist and writer, professor at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and editor of Botanical Magazine, 1827a 1865. Strong water, engraved by Swan, in William Curtis Botanical Magazine, 1826. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4562401: Little mother of pearl and fly on a wild (or tricolor) pensee - Queen of Spain fritillary butterfly, Issoria lathonia, and common stiletto fly, Thereva nobilitata, on wild pansies, Viola tricolor. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l'Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten (Accurate Descriptions of the Metamorphoses of Insects), J. Sluyter, Amsterdam, 1774. For this second edition, M. Houttuyn added another eight plates to the original 25. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4562441: Spikeweed sphinx on a strawberry tree - Willowherb hawkmoth, Proserpinus proserpina, on a strawberry bush, Fragaria ananassa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l'Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten (Accurate Descriptions of the Metamorphoses of Insects), J. Sluyter, Amsterdam, 1774. For this second edition, M. Houttuyn added another eight plates to the original 25. / Bridgeman Images