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Hand-coloured botanical plate with anatomical sections at top and varied plant stems, trees, a fern and flowers arranged on a pale background.

Ten different forms of plant stem and two anatomical sections. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

A hand-coloured botanical plate titled Botany, showing a fan-shaped cross-section and a small circular section at top, with a palm-like plant, mushroom, fern, bare trunked tree, and flowering stems arranged across the page. Lettering at the bottom reads The different kinds of trunks and stems.

Artist
Wilkes, John, -1810
Date
1 June 1799
Medium
Book illustrations Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3260 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1799.
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

Español: Diferentes tipos de tallos de plantas y secciones anatómicas

Una lámina botánica coloreada a mano con el título Botany, que muestra una sección transversal en forma de abanico y una pequeña sección circular arriba, junto a una planta tipo palma, un hongo, un helecho y varios tallos. El texto inferior dice The different kinds of trunks and stems.

Português: Diferentes tipos de caules de plantas e seções anatômicas

Uma prancha botânica colorida à mão, com o título Botany, mostrando uma seção transversal em forma de leque e uma pequena seção circular no alto, ao lado de uma planta tipo palmeira, um cogumelo, um samambaia e vários caules. O texto inferior diz The different kinds of trunks and stems.