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Beet Collection

Discover the vibrant world of beets: from their historical significance to their delicious versatility in the kitchen

Background imageBeet Collection: Vegetables, Fruit and Berries of the Garden, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Vegetables, Fruit and Berries of the Garden, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Botanical Illustration of Vegetables, Fruit and Berries of the Garden: Plate 50

Background imageBeet Collection: Root Crops and Vegetables, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Root Crops and Vegetables, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Botanical Illustration of Root Crops and Vegetables: Plate 14

Background imageBeet Collection: Sugar beet

Sugar beet
Ad for Lanes Improved Imperial Sugar Beet, B.K. Bliss & Sons, New York, 1872. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBeet Collection: Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)

Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)
Illustration of a Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)

Background imageBeet Collection: CLAUS, Emile (1849-1924). The Beet Harvest. 1890

CLAUS, Emile (1849-1924). The Beet Harvest. 1890. Impressionism. Oil on canvas. BELGIUM. Deinze. Museum of Deinze and the Leie region

Background imageBeet Collection: Sugar industry

Sugar industry

Background imageBeet Collection: Sea Beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima) growing on pebble beach habitat, Bembridge

Sea Beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima) growing on pebble beach habitat, Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England, june

Background imageBeet Collection: Sugar Beet Weighed

Sugar Beet Weighed
In the washing room, 28lbs of beet is weighed before and after washing and the average dirt content is calculated for the complete load

Background imageBeet Collection: International exhibition of fruits, vegetables, etc. in the Horticultural Society's gardens, 1862

International exhibition of fruits, vegetables, etc. in the Horticultural Society's gardens, 1862. Creator: Unknown
International exhibition of fruits, vegetables, etc. in the Horticultural Society's gardens - cattle food, 1862. Besides the domestic contributions, which were of magnificent size and quality

Background imageBeet Collection: The resident of beet street

The resident of beet street
Alex Lo

Background imageBeet Collection: Truck transport of harvested sugar plants

Truck transport of harvested sugar plants America. Date of Photograph:1932

Background imageBeet Collection: Cortona (environs). Estate of Santa Caterina. Growing sugar beets

Cortona (environs). Estate of Santa Caterina. Growing sugar beets Cortona Estate of Santa Caterina. Date of Photograph:1932

Background imageBeet Collection: Illustration for the novel Un Autre Monde by Henri Fournier, 1844 (engraving)

Illustration for the novel Un Autre Monde by Henri Fournier, 1844 (engraving)
PCT4293759 Illustration for the novel Un Autre Monde by Henri Fournier, 1844 (engraving) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47); (add.info)

Background imageBeet Collection: Meanic root for beet fields (sugar industry) 1867 (engraving)

Meanic root for beet fields (sugar industry) 1867 (engraving)
JAB4121586 Meanic root for beet fields (sugar industry) 1867 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Meanic root for beet fields); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Background imageBeet Collection: Carrots and beets, USA

Carrots and beets, USA

Background imageBeet Collection: Sugar beet farming in Sweden

Sugar beet farming in Sweden

Background imageBeet Collection: Weeding a sugar beet field Sweden early 1900s

Weeding a sugar beet field Sweden early 1900s

Background imageBeet Collection: Beet-lifting, 1893, by Leon Wyczolkowski (1852-1936)

Beet-lifting, 1893, by Leon Wyczolkowski (1852-1936)
Leon Wyczolkowski (1852-1936). Polish painter of Young Poland movement. Beet-lifting, 1893. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland. Date: 2018

Background imageBeet Collection: The resident of beet street

The resident of beet street
Alex Lo

Background imageBeet Collection: The Womens Land Army in the front line, sugar-beet lifting (b / w photo)

The Womens Land Army in the front line, sugar-beet lifting (b / w photo)
6010092 The Womens Land Army in the front line, sugar-beet lifting (b/w photo) by Burdekin, Harold (1899-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Womens Land Army in the front line)

Background imageBeet Collection: Raised garden beds in a community garden containing strawberries, Chioggia beets

Raised garden beds in a community garden containing strawberries, Chioggia beets, lettuce and pole beans. (PR)

Background imageBeet Collection: Red beet watercolor

Red beet watercolor
Red beet

Background imageBeet Collection: Flowering Plants of Great Britain: Wild Amaranth, Beet, Stinking Goosefoot

Flowering Plants of Great Britain: Wild Amaranth, Beet, Stinking Goosefoot, Many Seeded Goosefoot (colour litho)
6024295 Flowering Plants of Great Britain: Wild Amaranth, Beet, Stinking Goosefoot, Many Seeded Goosefoot (colour litho) by English School

Background imageBeet Collection: Beet, disguised as a parrot (chromolitho)

Beet, disguised as a parrot (chromolitho)
3105254 Beet, disguised as a parrot (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beet, disguised as a parrot)

Background imageBeet Collection: White beet, Beta vulgaris, and garden orache

White beet, Beta vulgaris, and garden orache, Atriplex hortensis. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageBeet Collection: Chard, Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Chard, Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageBeet Collection: Wild beet, Beta sylvestris, and wintergreen, Pyrola minor

Wild beet, Beta sylvestris, and wintergreen, Pyrola minor. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageBeet Collection: Fodder beet, Beta vulgaris var. rapa

Fodder beet, Beta vulgaris var. rapa. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Background imageBeet Collection: Beet, Beta vulgaris

Beet, Beta vulgaris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse, (Handbook of all medical-pharmaceutical plants), Jena

Background imageBeet Collection: Interieur d une fabrique de sucre de betterave, Atelier contenant les chaudieres a cuire dans

Interieur d une fabrique de sucre de betterave, Atelier contenant les chaudieres a cuire dans... (engraving)
2787792 Interieur d une fabrique de sucre de betterave, Atelier contenant les chaudieres a cuire dans... (engraving) by French School

Background imageBeet Collection: Chopping Beet, c. 1880 (oil on canvas)

Chopping Beet, c. 1880 (oil on canvas)
3057496 Chopping Beet, c.1880 (oil on canvas) by Knight, John William Buxton (1843-1908); 25.4x34.3 cm; Private Collection; Abbott and Holder, London, UK; English, out of copyright

Background imageBeet Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 310

Curtis British Entomology Plate 310
Coleoptera: Blemus micros = Tachys micros (Narrow Blemus) [Plant: Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima (Beta maritima, Sea Beet)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageBeet Collection: Roots that Store Food (litho)

Roots that Store Food (litho)
6013150 Roots that Store Food (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Roots that Store Food)

Background imageBeet Collection: Sugar manufacturing: extraction of juice from beet pulp

Sugar manufacturing: extraction of juice from beet pulp
XEE4136759 Sugar manufacturing: extraction of juice from beet pulp. The pulp is stuffed in bags that are stacked under the tray of a hydraulic press. Engraving from 1859

Background imageBeet Collection: The manufacture of sugar from beet and cane (b / w photo)

The manufacture of sugar from beet and cane (b / w photo)
3652704 The manufacture of sugar from beet and cane (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The manufacture of sugar from beet and cane)

Background imageBeet Collection: The famous chemists: foundation of the first beet sugar factory by Professor Frederic

The famous chemists: foundation of the first beet sugar factory by Professor Frederic
LSE4088676 The famous chemists: foundation of the first beet sugar factory by Professor Frederic Charles Achard, German naturalist and chemist (1753-1821). Late 19th century liebig chromolithography

Background imageBeet Collection: Three Beets

Three Beets
Lydia Jacobs

Background imageBeet Collection: Royal Air Force Captured Messerschmitt Bf 110C-5 AX772

Royal Air Force Captured Messerschmitt Bf 110C-5 AX772 (Luftwaffe 5F-CM of $(F)/14) (W.Nr. 2177) Buit by Gothaer Waggonfabrik AG 5F-CM was based at Cherbourg

Background imageBeet Collection: Beetroot, Beta vulgaris Dewings Early in flower. Green flower spikes on dark red

Beetroot, Beta vulgaris Dewings Early in flower. Green flower spikes on dark red
Beetroot : Beta vulgaris Dewings Early 4691, in flower

Background imageBeet Collection: Beetroot, Dewings Early, Beta vulgaris Dewings Early

Beetroot, Dewings Early, Beta vulgaris Dewings Early
Beetroot, Beta vulgaris Dewings Early, Green leaves of growing beetroot with red stems and veining

Background imageBeet Collection: Economic plants, wood engravings, published in 1880

Economic plants, wood engravings, published in 1880
Economic plants: Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum), Sugar beet, (Beta vulgaris), Black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), (Camellia sinensis)

Background imageBeet Collection: Co Tipperary, Ireland; Sugar Beet

Co Tipperary, Ireland; Sugar Beet

Background imageBeet Collection: Amaranth, Root, Beet, Goosefoot, Quinoa, Chenopodium, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Amaranth, Root, Beet, Goosefoot, Quinoa, Chenopodium, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Amaranth, Root, Beet, Goosefoot, Quinoa, Chenopodium, Victorian Botanical Illustration, from The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain

Background imageBeet Collection: Workers on the beet field. Artist: Liebermann, Max (1847-1935)

Workers on the beet field. Artist: Liebermann, Max (1847-1935)
Workers on the beet field. Found in the collection of Niedersachsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover

Background imageBeet Collection: Self-Portrait Painter G. D Bite palette brushes

Self-Portrait Painter G. D Bite palette brushes
Self-Portrait, Self-Portrait of the Painter G.D. Bite, palette and brushes in the hand. Half-length, turned to the right. G.D. Beet, 1652, canvas, oil paint (paint), h 75 cm × w 60.5 cm d 9.5 cm

Background imageBeet Collection: Full Length Studio Shot Of Beet

Full Length Studio Shot Of Beet

Background imageBeet Collection: Colorful Rainbow Swiss Chard; Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Colorful Rainbow Swiss Chard; Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Background imageBeet Collection: Historic Maules Seed Book With Illustration Of Blood Turnip Beet From 20th Century

Historic Maules Seed Book With Illustration Of Blood Turnip Beet From 20th Century



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Discover the vibrant world of beets: from their historical significance to their delicious versatility in the kitchen. 🌿🥕 Tab X and Root Crops and Vegetables take us back to Victorian times, showcasing stunning botanical illustrations that capture the beauty of beets. These illustrations are a testament to how deeply rooted this vegetable is in our culinary history. In Fruit and Berries of the Garden, we explore the various types of beets, including sugar beet (Tab Xiii, Album IV). This particular variety played a crucial role in the sugar industry, providing sweetness for countless recipes and products. Emile Claus's masterpiece 'The Beet Harvest' transports us to 1890, where we witness farmers diligently gathering these crimson treasures from their fields. It reminds us of the hard work behind every beet that ends up on our plates. But it's not just on land where beets thrive – Sea Beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. Maritima) grows along pebble beaches like those found in Bembridge, Isle of Wight. Its ability to adapt showcases nature's resilience and creativity. Returning to sugar beet (Beta vulgaris), we delve deeper into its connection with the sugar industry. From being weighed at harvest time to undergoing processing at factories, these humble roots have transformed into an essential ingredient for sweetening our lives. And let's not forget about Beta vulgaris spinach beet – another member of this diverse family that adds a nutritious punch to any meal. So whether you're exploring Victorian art or pondering over sustainable agriculture practices within the sugar industry, don't overlook this unassuming vegetable – because when it comes to flavor and versatility, beets truly reign supreme.