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Chromolithograph plate of twenty labelled Bible plants in a grid, including trees, wheat, barley, lily and thistle, with printed plate numbers and captions.

Twenty trees, herbs and shrubs of the bible. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

A chromolithographic plate titled Bible Natural History, Plate IV, showing twenty labelled botanical illustrations arranged in a grid. Each cell depicts a tree, grain stalk, herb or shrub with its leaves, flowers or fruit, set against a plain background. The colours are bright and the printed labels and plate numbers are legible along the top and bottom.

Artist
McFarlane & Erskine (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Date
1850
Medium
Book illustrations Chromolithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2861 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1850.
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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