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Japanese maple (Acer palmatum): branch with leaves. Watercolour.

A spreading sycamore tree (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) growing by a scenic lake. Etching after J.G.Strutt, 1825.

Sycamore tree (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) in a graveyard near Reading, Berkshire. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, c. 1806, after W. Havell.

Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus): flowering stem, leaves, fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

Maple tree (Acer) and black thorn or sloe (Prunus spinosa). Soft-ground etching with aquatint by J. Laporte, c. 1796, after himself.

Field or hedge maple (Acer campestre) leaves and fruit with an associated moth, its caterpillar and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

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Maple tree (Acer) and black thorn or sloe (Prunus spinosa). Soft-ground etching with aquatint by J. Laporte, c. 1796, after himself.

Sycamore tree (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) in a graveyard near Reading, Berkshire. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, c. 1806, after W. Havell.

A spreading sycamore tree (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) growing by a scenic lake. Etching after J.G.Strutt, 1825.

Field or hedge maple (Acer campestre) leaves and fruit with an associated moth, its caterpillar and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus): flowering stem, leaves, fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.