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Hand-colored engraved plate of about twenty labeled herbs and shrubs in a grid, from a 1789 herbal.

Culpeper's English physician ; and complete herbal ... Illustrated with notes and observations, critical and explanatory / By E. Sibly.

A hand-colored engraved botanical plate arranges about twenty herbs and shrubs in a grid, each specimen labeled in small print beneath. The leaves range from green to pale grey, and several plants show yellow flowers against a cream paper ground.

Artist
Nicholas Culpeper
Date
1789
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3037 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1789.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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