Enormous Polypody, c1759-c1772. Probably a depiction of Polypodium vulgare 'Whitley Giant', an evergreen or semi-evergreen fern, found throughout western Europe and North Africa. From "Exotic Botany illustrated, in thirty-five figures of curious and elegant plants: explaining the sexual system; and tending to give some new lights into the vegetable philosophy".
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Enormous Polypody, c1759-c1772. Probably a depiction of Polypodium vulgare 'Whitley Giant', an evergreen or semi-evergreen fern, found throughout western Europe and North Africa. From "Exotic Botany illustrated, in thirty-five figures of curious and elegant plants: explaining the sexual system; and tending to give some new lights into the vegetable philosophy".

Date

1759

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A15_039

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,5Mo (2,1Mo) / 28,3cm x 44,7cm / 3342 x 5284 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature leaves library plant plants exotic large leaf science green British color fern ferns big botanical century Britain concept botany huge British Library enormous Colour 18th century Eighteenth Century John Hill green colour Hill John Cyathea Heritage Art Polypodium vulgare

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