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A pear (Pyrus species): flowering branch. Watercolour.

Two pears (Pyrus cultivars): fruit and flowers. Coloured aquatint, c. 1839.

Four cultivars of pear (Pyrus communis cv.): entire fruits. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1835, after Lady Boughton.

A collection of pears (Pyrus species). Colour and coloured engraving, c. 1817, after G. Brookshaw.

Seven plants, including a pear, an aster and two orchids: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

A pear plant (Pyrus communis): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured zincograph by C. Chabot, c. 1876, after W. Fitch.

Pear (Pyrus species): fruiting branch with sections of fruit. Colour stipple engraving by A. Contardi, c. 1817, after D. del Pino.

Pear (Pyrus species): fruiting branch with sections of fruit. Colour aquatint by B. Rosaspina after D. del Pino, 1822.

Pear (Pyrus species): fruiting branch with sections of fruit. Colour stipple engraving by A. Contardi after D. del Pino, 1822.

A caterpillar bores a hole into the side of pear having just eaten a hole in an apple, an analogy to the voracious appetite and speed of growth of the HIV virus. Colour silk screen print after A. François, 1993.

Pear (Pyrus species): fruiting branches with halved fruit. Colour stipple engraving by T. Nasi, c. 1817, after D. Del Pino.

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A caterpillar bores a hole into the side of pear having just eaten a hole in an apple, an analogy to the voracious appetite and speed of growth of the HIV virus. Colour silk screen print after A. François, 1993.

Four cultivars of pear (Pyrus communis cv.): entire fruits. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1835, after Lady Boughton.

Pear (Pyrus species): fruiting branches with halved fruit. Colour stipple engraving by T. Nasi, c. 1817, after D. Del Pino.

Two pears (Pyrus cultivars): fruit and flowers. Coloured aquatint, c. 1839.

Seven plants, including a pear, an aster and two orchids: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.