Black and white engraving of a cultivated oat plant with drooping spikelets, labeled Cultivated Oat, Avena sativa, above printed text.

Cultivated Oat (Avena sativa), engraved botanical plate

An engraved botanical illustration of a cultivated oat plant with slender stems, drooping spikelets and long narrow leaves arching across the upper left. The plant is shown in isolated black-and-white line work above the printed caption "CULTIVATED OAT. AVENA SATIVA," set against a faint background of printed text.

Artist: Robert John Thornton
Date: 1814
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Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 2679 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1814.
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19th century 1810s 1814 antique print botanical engraving plant illustration materia medica herbal illustration black and white