Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum): white flowers, seed capsule and seeds. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

  • Burnett, M. A., active 1850.
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[1853]
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23992i
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Opium poppy seed capsules yield opium and 25 different alkaloids used in medicine

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London : James Sangster & Co., [1853]

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1 print : zincograph, with watercolour

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Papaver somniferum poppy - white or opium

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Wellcome Collection 23992i

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