Sheets Collection (page 7)

Cherry plum Prunus cerasifera garden carnation
Cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera) and garden carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus), Cherry plum and garden carnation With a chicken and some ornamental plants and tendrils. FIGs

Bolderik Agrostemma githago sour cherry Prunus cerasus
Bolderik (Agrostemma githago) and sour cherry (Prunus cerasus), Bolderik and sour cherry. With some ornamental plants and tendrils. FIGs. 41 and 42 on a sheet hand numbered 22

Vetch Vicia sylvatica yarrow Achillea millefolium
Vetch (Vicia sylvatica) and yarrow (Achillea millefolium), Vetch and yarrow. FIGs. 35 and 36 on a sheet numbered by hand 19. In: Anselmi Boetii de Boot I.C. Brugensis & Rodolphi II. Imp. Novel

Artichoke Cynara cardunculus needle nose Silene coronaria
Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) and needle nose (Silene coronaria), Artichoke and needle nose. With a jumping squirrel and an ornamental plant. FIGs. 25 and 26 on a sheet hand numbered 14

Pepper Piper nigrum peony Paeonia bird pepper bush
Pepper (Piper nigrum) and peony (Paeonia), Pepper and peony. A bird is in the pepper bush. FIGs. 27 and 28 on a sheet numbered by hand 14. In: Anselmi Boetii de Boot I.C. Brugensis & Rodolphi II

Garden carnations Dianthus caryophyllus lemons
Garden carnations (Dianthus caryophyllus) and lemons (Citrus limon), Garden carnations and (thorny) lemons. With a bird hopping for a fly and a small ornamental plant. FIGs

Heath Erica tetralix broom bush Spartium junceum
Heath (Erica tetralix) and broom bush (Spartium junceum), Heath and broom bush (or broom). With a bee. FIGs. 29 and 30 on a sheet numbered by hand 16. In: Anselmi Boetii de Boot I.C

Crooked neck Anchusa arvensis mouse thorn Ruscus aculeatus
Crooked neck (Anchusa arvensis) and mouse thorn (Ruscus aculeatus), Crooked neck and mouse thorn. FIGs. 31 and 32 on a sheet hand numbered 17. In: Anselmi Boetii de Boot I.C. Brugensis & Rodolphi II

Musk rose Rosa moschata cucumber Cucumis sativus
Musk rose (Rosa moschata) and cucumber (Cucumis sativus), Musk rose and cucumber. FIGs. 8 and 9 on a sheet hand numbered 5. In: Anselmi Boetii de Boot I.C. Brugensis & Rodolphi II. Imp. Novel

Day cuckoo flower Silene dioica medlar Mespilus germanica
Day cuckoo flower (Silene dioica) and medlar (Mespilus germanica), Day cuckoo flower and medlar. FIGs. 17 and 18 on a sheet hand numbered 10. In: Anselmi Boetii de Boot I.C. Brugensis & Rodolphi II

Garden carnation Dianthus caryophyllus broom
Garden carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) and broom (Cytisus scoparius), Garden carnation and broom. With a bird and some ornamental plants. FIGs. 53 and 54 hand-numbered 27

Small pimpernel Sanguisorba minor large snapdragon
Small pimpernel (Sanguisorba minor) and large snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus), Small pimpernel and large snapdragon. FIGs. 13 and 14 on a sheet numbered by hand 8. In: Anselmi Boetii de Boot I.C

Grape Vitaceae Rank blue green grapes FIG 1 leaf numbered
Grape (Vitaceae), Rank with blue and green grapes. FIG. 1 on a leaf numbered by hand 1. In: Anselmi Boetii de Boot I.C. Brugensis & Rodolphi II. Imp. Novel

Swan flower Butomus umbellatus small-flowered sage
Swan flower (Butomus umbellatus) and small-flowered sage (Salvia verbenaca), Swan flower and small-flowered sage. FIGs. 4 and 5 on a sheet numbered by hand 3. In: Anselmi Boetii de Boot I.C

Pomegranate Punica granatum English grass Armeria maritima
Pomegranate (Punica granatum) and English grass (Armeria maritima), Pomegranate and English grass. FIGs. 2 and 3 on a leaf numbered by hand 2. In: Anselmi Boetii de Boot I.C. Brugensis & Rodolphi II

Sheet dozens small representations legal nature
Sheet with dozens of small representations of legal nature (illustrations for Ars magna et admirabilis (...) Pandectarum tituli (...) ope figurarum emblematicarum

Portrait Cornelis Theodorus Elout subject sitting
Portrait of Cornelis Theodorus Elout, The subject is sitting at a table with books and sheets of paper on it. He has glasses in his left hand. He is wearing a knighthood on his chest

View Haarlem profile Map views series title 2 glued sheets together
View of Haarlem (profile) Map of Haarlem and views of Haarlem (series title), View of Haarlem (profile, on 2 glued sheets together). In the foreground both sides of the city seal of Haarlem

Battle Milvian Bridge Audran Gerard 1640-1703
Battle at the Milvian Bridge, Audran, Gerard, 1640-1703, after Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690, Etching and engraving, 1666, This print is comprised of three separate sheets

Sheet 2 Anteiqvae vrbis imago accvratissime ex
Sheet 2, Anteiqvae vrbis imago accvratissime ex vetvsteis monvmenteis formata, Bos, Jacobus, fl. 1549-1577, Ligorio, Pirro, ca

Sheet 1 Anteiqvae vrbis imago accvratissime ex
Sheet 1, Anteiqvae vrbis imago accvratissime ex vetvsteis monvmenteis formata, Bos, Jacobus, fl. 1549-1577, Ligorio, Pirro, ca

Sheet 3 Anteiqvae vrbis imago accvratissime ex
Sheet 3, Anteiqvae vrbis imago accvratissime ex vetvsteis monvmenteis formata, Bos, Jacobus, fl. 1549-1577, Ligorio, Pirro, ca

Sheet 4 Anteiqvae vrbis imago accvratissime ex
Sheet 4, Anteiqvae vrbis imago accvratissime ex vetvsteis monvmenteis formata, Bossius, Antonius, 16th cent. Ligorio, Pirro, ca

Sheet 5 Anteiqvae vrbis imago accvratissime ex
Sheet 5, Anteiqvae vrbis imago accvratissime ex vetvsteis monvmenteis formata, Bos, Jacobus, fl. 1549-1577, Ligorio, Pirro, ca

Sheet 6 Anteiqvae vrbis imago accvratissime ex
Sheet 6, Anteiqvae vrbis imago accvratissime ex vetvsteis monvmenteis formata, Bos, Jacobus, fl. 1549-1577, Ligorio, Pirro, ca

Landscape Haymakers Left Simon de Vlieger Dutch
Landscape with Haymakers at the Left; Simon de Vlieger (Dutch, about 1600 - 1653); Netherlands; about 1640 - 1653; Black chalk and gray wash on two joined sheets of paper; 38.1 x 71.1 cm (15 x 28 in.)

Boy Holding Pear Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
A Boy Holding a Pear; Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682 - 1754); about 1737; Black and white chalk on blue-gray paper (two joined sheets); 39.2 x 31 cm (15 7, 16 x 12 3, 16 in.)

Submission Emperor Frederick Barbarossa Pope Alexander
The Submission of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to Pope Alexander III; Federico Zuccaro (Italian, about 1541 - 1609); about 1585; Pen and brown ink

Shadow Of Man Praying

Girl and doll in bed on a New Year card with white and gold ornate border. Date: circa 1890s

Housewives Washing Controversy A woman hangs up her laundry to dry in her North Kensington home May 1952

Princes Dock - Mumbai, India (formerly Bombay) - commissioned in 1880. Date: circa 1910s

Return of the hot water bottles 1946
Production of the rubber synthetic hot water bottle in Streatham factory, London, post Second World War. During the War, rubber was reserved for making tires for military trucks

Heart shaped lavender bags to scent linen credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Woman making bed linen in a factory, 1960s
Chichester Photograhic Collection West Sussex Record Office, Ref No CPS 197/2

NFS (Salvage Corps) workers at a fire, WW2
Salvage workers from Cannon Street fire station sub-station A2Z.2X (Watling Street) undertaking salvage work at a warehouse fire

Clothes Lines - London
Drying sheets and general washing in the back yards of a row of terraced houses in London

Picture No. 11982401
DOG, Golden Retrievers with pumpkins, wearing sheets, ghosts Date:

Kaiser Wilhelm II, Imperial March
Music cover of The Kaiser, Grand Imperial March, for pianoforte, composed by Ezra Read

Emplaning and disembarking from a Westland Whirlwind helicop
One of three photographs of emplaning and disembarking from a Westland Whirlwind helicopter, 1957 (c). One of fifty seven photographs, fifteen mounted on sheets photographed by Ng Beh Leow

Young fashionable lady searches for linen in her Dower Chest
A fashionable young lady kneels in front of an Old English oak Dower chest, searching for a specific item of household linen! Date: 1923

A Dyke of Basalt (A) Piercing Triassic Sandstone
A Dyke of Basalt(A) Piercing Triassic Sandstone(C) and Sending Intrusive Sheets Or Sills(B) Into It - a diagram of Volcanic activity. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

N. of Ireland Linen Industry, Calendering Linen - an interior view in the spinning mill and two people operating a machine to calender the linen sheets. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Linen Bleaching, Ironing the Web - an interior view of the spinning mill and a man operating a machine for ironing the sheets of linen. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Linen Bleaching Process, Breadthing - an interior view of a man operating a machine in the spinning mill for bundling linen sheets. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Photographer at work, checking through contact sheets. Date: 1972

The Musical group by Hogarth
A Chorus of singers Date: 1732

Large span iron bridge over the Songhua River, China
Large span iron bridge over the frozen Songhua River (Sungari River) in northeast China, - the largest tributary of the Heilong River

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