Engraved botanical plate with rows of plant sprigs, leaves and stems, each labelled with small numbers, on a pale background.

Botanical plate with numbered plant parts, engraved, from a natural history system

An engraved plate of plant studies arranged in a grid, showing stems, flowering sprigs, leaves, and branching forms, each marked with small reference numbers. The plain black linework on a pale ground gives it a precise, diagrammatic character typical of scientific illustration.

Artist: Carl Linnaeus
Date: 1806
Medium
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 2399 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1806.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

19th century 1800s 1806 engraving botanical illustration scientific illustration natural history antique print plant study linnaeus black and white