Botany
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Papers of Richard Meinertzhagen
Diaries as Military Adviser, Colonial Office, concerning India, Mauritius, East Africa and Palestine, 1899-1965; with index and ten volumes of intelligence reports, despatches and memoranda, 1902-1924, four ornithological note books, 1891-1895, and photographic material. The diaries contain references to personal acquaintances and members of the Meinertzhagen family, as well as ornithology and botany, aviation [1911-1940s], Winston Churchill [1921-1945], Colonial Office [1920s],…
Extents: 76 Volumes
Dates:
1899-1965
Item
Salt print of single branch of grass by William Henry Fox Talbot, 1839
Salt print of single branch of grass by William Henry Fox Talbot. Annotated 'fx' on the verso. A variant appears in the Bertoloni album, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, which bears the inscription 'H.F.Talbot photogr. 1839... Bromus Maximus. Genoa.'
Shelfmark: Dep. d. 996, fol. 12
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1839
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Salt print of waving stems of botanical specimens, leading to the upper left, by William Henry Fox Talbot, n.d. [c.1838-1842]
Salt print of waving stems of botanical specimens, leading to the upper left, by William Henry Fox Talbot. Annotated 'x' on the recto.
Shelfmark: Dep. d. 996, fol. 26
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
n.d. [c.1838-1842]
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Salt print titled 'Veronica Austriaca Trieste' by William Henry Fox Talbot, n.d. [c.1838-1842]
Salt print by William Henry Fox Talbot. Titled 'Veronica Austriaca Trieste' on the verso. Annotated 'not' and 'MTT' on the verso.
Shelfmark: Dep. d. 996, fol. 42
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
n.d. [c.1838-1842]
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Salted print of buckler fern by William Henry Fox Talbot, 1838
Salted print of buckler fern by William Henry Fox Talbot. Annotated 'FX' and 'MTT' on the verso.
Shelfmark: Dep. d. 996, fol. 34
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1838
Single Item
Scrapbook belonging to the Ruxton family of Black Castle, Co. Meath or the Edgeworth family of Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford
Scrapbook belonging to the Ruxton family of Black Castle, Co. Meath or the Edgeworth family of Edgeworthstown
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 1368
Extents: 205 Leaves
Dates:
1794-1846
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Sketchbook by Hortia Gaisford, 1820-1824
The sketchbook contains a number of pencil drawings, including a drawing of Horatia's sister, Lady Caroline Edgcumbe, and a drawing of a the The Ionic Temple in Chiswick. Also contained are several botanical watercolours of plant specimens collected by Horatia in European cities including Berne, Morat, Rome, Varese, Nice, and Genoa. Notably, one of the watercolours is labelled "gathered from an olive tree in Lord Byron's garden at Genoa 19 November 1823". Some of the pages are undated.
Shelfmark: MS. 21088/1
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
1820-1824
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Two rose leaf stems, n.d.
Image of two rose leaf stems.There is a pencil notation in the upper edge, likely made by Talbot to identify which side was sensitized.The verso is blank.There is only one other known print of this image.
Found in:
Loose prints
Shelfmark: MS. 21088 photogr. 1/50
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
n.d.
Single Item
'Vol. 2d [of a course of lectures on] Materia Medica by Dr. Charles Alstone...'
'Vol. 2d [of a course of lectures on] Materia Medica by Dr. Charles Alstone...'
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. e. 28
Extents: 164 pages
Dates:
Written in 1740 by C. Alstone