FLO4664347: Lyell's rose, Rosa lyellii, single white rose with leaves and buds. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Watts from an illustration by John Lindley from his own “Rosarum Monographia, or a Botanical History of Roses,” London, Ridgeway, 1820. Lindley (1799-1865) was an English botanist who specialized in roses and orchids. Lindley wrote and illustrated this monograph when just 22 years old. He went on to edit the “” Botanical Register”” from 1829 to 1847. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4664370: Rosa sericea with pink tinged flowers, buds and large pink thorns. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Watts from an illustration by John Lindley from his own “Rosarum Monographia, or a Botanical History of Roses,” London, Ridgeway, 1820. Lindley (1799-1865) was an English botanist who specialized in roses and orchids. Lindley wrote and illustrated this monograph when just 22 years old. He went on to edit the “” Botanical Register”” from 1829 to 1847. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4664397: China rose, Rosa sinica, with white flower and hairy bud. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Watts from an illustration by John Lindley from his own “Rosarum Monographia, or a Botanical History of Roses,” London, Ridgeway, 1820. Lindley (1799-1865) was an English botanist who specialized in roses and orchids. Lindley wrote and illustrated this monograph when just 22 years old. He went on to edit the “” Botanical Register”” from 1829 to 1847. / Bridgeman Images
LRI4664480: Abraham and Melchisedech The king of Salem Melchisedech (Melchisedec or Melchizedek or Melkisedeq or Melki-Tsedeq or Melki Tsedeq) offers Abraham, victorious in a fight against Kedor-Laomer (Kedor Laomer), bread and wine. Painting by Konrad (Conrad) Witz (1400-1445) Bale, Museum of Fine Arts, Witz, Konrad (1400/10-44/6) / Bridgeman Images