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Narcotic poisons / G.E. Madeley, lithog., Wellington St[ree]t, Strand.

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Illustration shows plants classified as narcotic poisons, including Deadly Nightshade, Birthwort, White Poppy, Woody Nightshare, Tobacco, Thorn Apple, Water Hemlock, Foxglove, Strong Scented Lettuce, Hemlock, Herb Paris, and Henbane; also descriptions of plants.

Illus. in: A table of vegetable poisons, exhibiting the principal poisonous plants ... By G. Spratt, [1843], page 2.

A profession of botanical illustrator began to emerge in the eighteenth century with advances in the printing processes. Botanical Illustrations became accurate in color and detail. Amateur botanists, gardeners, and natural historians provided a market for botanical publications. The photographic process has not made botanical illustrations obsolete since illustrators were able to combine accuracy, an idealized image from several specimens, and the inclusion of the face and reverse of the features such as leaves with details given at a magnified scale.

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01/01/1843
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Madeley, George Edward, lithographer
Spratt G. (George), artist
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Anatomy of Plants

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plants poisons botanical illustrations lithographs hand colored narcotic madeley lithog wellington strand 1843 paris france 19th century george edward madeley spratt g george narcotic poisons wellington st ultra high resolution high resolution prints poisonous plant flowers library of congress