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Cacti Collection (page 3)

Background imageCacti Collection: Mentone, 1900. Artist: Frith & Co

Mentone, 1900. Artist: Frith & Co
Mentone, 1900. View of the Mediterranean coast between France and Italy. Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, Volume IV, (Cassell and Company, London, Paris)

Background imageCacti Collection: Aqueduct near Queretaro, Mexico, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard

Aqueduct near Queretaro, Mexico, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Aqueduct near Queretaro, Mexico, late 19th century. A steam train passing under the aqueduct which was built in the 18th century

Background imageCacti Collection: A hedge of arborescent cactus, Mexico, 19th century. Artist: Alexandre de Bar

A hedge of arborescent cactus, Mexico, 19th century. Artist: Alexandre de Bar
A hedge of arborescent cactus, Mexico, 19th century

Background imageCacti Collection: Indian extracting pulque, Mexico, 19th century

Indian extracting pulque, Mexico, 19th century. The sap of the agave plant is fermented to obtain a drink called pulque. This in turn can be distilled to make mescal, a colourless spirit

Background imageCacti Collection: Scene in Bolivia, 1877

Scene in Bolivia, 1877. In the foreground are men wearing ponchos, and in the distance is the city of Sucre, the constitutional capital of Bolivia

Background imageCacti Collection: The Camp at Staoueli, 1830. Artist: Theodore Gudin

The Camp at Staoueli, 1830. Artist: Theodore Gudin
The Camp at Staoueli, 1830

Background imageCacti Collection: Prophecy figure II from Prognosticatio Eximii Doctoris Paracelsi, 1536. Artist

Prophecy figure II from Prognosticatio Eximii Doctoris Paracelsi, 1536. Artist
Prophecy figure II from Prognosticatio Eximii Doctoris Paracelsi, 1536, A small book of 32 prophecies, filled with cryptic and allegorical symbols, by the Swiss astrologer

Background imageCacti Collection: Princely Garden in Cairo, Egypt, 1880

Princely Garden in Cairo, Egypt, 1880. Published in L Egypt by George Moritz Ebers, 1880

Background imageCacti Collection: Edges of the Channel, Mahmoudiyeh, 1880. Artist: Wilhelm Gentz

Edges of the Channel, Mahmoudiyeh, 1880. Artist: Wilhelm Gentz
Edges of the Channel, Mahmoudiyeh, 1880. Published in L Egypt, 1880

Background imageCacti Collection: Cochineal and lac insects, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Cochineal and lac insects, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Cochineal and lac insects, c1850. Varnish and scarlet dye are derived from the lac insect native to parts of Asia, and a red colour from the cochineal insect of South America

Background imageCacti Collection: Producing indigo dye with slave labour: West Indies or Central America, 1725

Producing indigo dye with slave labour: West Indies or Central America, 1725. Indigo tinctoria is cut, tied in bundles, steeped in water and fermented in the centre tank



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