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  • A monument positioned near the military hospital in Barbados, with passers-by. Lithograph by J. M. Carter, c. 1837.
  • A spreading banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.) growing on a palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer L.) and sheltering 2 people. Engraving by J. Greig, after J. Forbes, 1774.
  • Palm tree (Inaja palm) with man standing beneath. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • A date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera) and segments of the fruit bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers make tea chests. Coloured aquatint, early 19th century.
  • Diagrams illustrating military ambulances of Europe and Africa with their interior design and basic equipment. Etching by S. Botta.
  • Twenty trees, herbs and shrubs of the bible. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica (L.) C.Martius): leaf, sectioned stem, leaf stalk and whole plant. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743, after himself.
  • A palm tree found on the River Wenamu, Guyana. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • Singapore: bungalows under coconut palms at Tanjong Katong. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.
  • Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.
  • A palm tree (Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.) H. Wendl.) in Guyana, with aerial roots. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • A palm tree (Mauritiella armata (Mart.) Burret) in Guyana with a man and smaller palm in the distance. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • Workers harvesting sago in a tropical wooded glade with a bilimbi tree, a sago palm, a durian tree and a pepper plant. Engraving, c. 1777.
  • Christ enters Jerusalem on an ass. Etching by F.P. Massau after J.F. Overbeck, 1849.
  • A palm tree. Watercolour.
  • Coconuts and trees (Cocos nucifera), a cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum) and pinang tree (Areca catechu), in a tropical landscape. Line engraving after J. Nieuhoff.
  • A large kokerite palm (Maximiliana maripa) and the artist drawing it, in a tropical landscape. Chromolithograph by L. Stroobant, c. 1855.
  • A Mandarin sits on a mat, smoking a long opium pipe. Coloured aquatint by S. Himely, c. 1820.
  • Palm fruits. Colour aquatint by L. Garibbo, c. 1817, after C. Bozzolini.
  • Fruits from the East Indies, including piek (?Nipa fruticans - the Nipa palm) and froete mieri and tiackou (?Artocarpus integrifolia), in separate plates. Engraving by M. Pool after C. de Bruin, 1706.
  • Cupid inspiring plants with Love, in a tropical landscape. Coloured stipple engraving by T.Burke, ca. 1805, after P. Reinagle.
  • The Virgin Mary, pregnant with James, and Joseph voyage back from Egypt with the child Jesus. Engraving by L. Vorsterman the elder, 1620, after P.P. Rubens.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and patron saints of Bologna. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, ca. 1830, after G. Reni, 1630-1.
  • Five large cacti and a sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatas) in a tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.
  • Palmetto palm tree (Sabal palmetto) in arid landscape. Watercolour.
  • The talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera) growing by a lakeside in Ceylon. Coloured etching after W. Daniell, c.1827.
  • Cupid inspiring plants with Love, in a tropical landscape. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi and H. Landseer, c.1812, after P.Reinagle.
  • A hut and its inhabitants with palm trees in Guyana. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.