Botanical Drawing Gallery
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Choose from 96 images in our Botanical Drawing collection.

Aloe mitriformis, 1810
Original illustration of Aloe mitriformis, from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1270, 1st March 1810. The currently accepted plant name is Aloe perfoliata, and is commonly known as mitre aloe. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. This drawing was made at Salisbury's Botanic Garden in Sloane Square.
Curtis's Botanical Magazine is the longest running botanical periodical featuring colour illustrations of plants and has been published continuously since 1787
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Myriostoma coliforme, 1795-1815
Illustration of Myriostoma coliforme, commonly known as
salt-shaker earthstar or pepperpot from Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms by James Sowerby, 1795-1815
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Coprinus comatus, c.1915–1945
Illustration of Coprinus comatus commonly known as shaggy ink cap, lawyer's wig or shaggy mane by Elsie M. Wakefield
from the Kew Collection, c.1915-1945
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