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Happy #InternationalFunatWorkDay! We @RHSLibraries had great fun bringing Mark Catesby's 1754 'Pica cristata coerulea, The Crested Jay' to life! Colour engraved plate from 'The #NaturalHistory of #Carolina'
Happy #NationalBirdDay to our #American friends across the pond! Here are two coloured engraved plates of 'the crested jay' and 'the red bird' from Mark Catesby's 1754 publication 'The Natural History of #Carolina, #Florida and the #BahamaIslands'. @RHSLibraries #London
Here's a #Victorian #Christmas card featuring #poinsettia and #orchids from @The_RHS #LindleyLibrary #Ephemera collection to get you in the #festive spirit this Monday morning!
Happy #Tuliptuesday from @The_RHS #lindleylibrary. Watercolour on paper of a tulip cultivar attributed to the artist August Wilhelm Sievert from the album 'Hortus florum imaginum' (c.1730)
A taster of some of our #hairy #botanical artwork @The_RHS #LindleyLibrary. The early green hairy #gooseberry. Engraved by S. Watts after an original by Augusta Withers. The Pomological Magazine, 1828. #HairyArchives #ExploreArchives
Here's Sydenham T Edwards's (1768-1819) watercolour of Coffee Arabica from @The_RHS #LindleyLibrary for everyone's #CoffeeMorning today!
Spotted #Colchicumspeciosum growing in your local garden/park this #autumn?If not, here's a 1800 watercolour from @The_RHS #Lindleylibrary
Did you know August is #PeachMonth in the #USA? Here’s a 1815 watercolour @The_RHS #LindleyLibrary of an #American #Peach by #WilliamHooker