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  • A fern frond, leaves and grasses framing a rectangular space. Nature print.
  • Tree-ferns in an Australian forest with two hunters in the distance. Engraving by E. Brandard, c. 1873, after N. Chevalier.
  • Various leaf forms, leaf venation, bud arrangements and woody stems. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.
  • A fern, a moss, a fungus and an alga: all with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Our native ferns, or, A history of the British species and their varieties / by E.J. Lowe.
  • Still life with a ledger, a skull and other objects. Oil painting, 1766.
  • Three fern fronds. Chromolithograph after a nature print.
  • Adder's tongue (Ophioglossum vulgatum L.): fertile stem with description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by J. Basire, the younger, c. 1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • An analysis of the British ferns and their allies / by G.W. Francis.
  • A fern frond, possibly of the male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas). Colour nature print, c. 1860.
  • A small fern with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • The male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas): fronds and part of rhizome. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • The British Museum: the Botanical Room, with visitors. Wood engraving, [1858].
  • A fern with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Still life with a ledger, a skull and other objects. Oil painting, 1766.
  • Bracken plants (Pteridium aquilinum): both young and old fronds. Watercolour.
  • Three fern fronds. Chromolithograph after a nature print.
  • Three species of fern, including a maidenhair fern (Adiantum species) and a clubmoss. Colour nature print by F. Branson, 1850.
  • A fern with an oval space framed by the fronds. Nature print.
  • A hart's tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) growing on a pile of mossy rocks. Watercolour.
  • Seven British garden plants, including a cardoon: flowering stems and some floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
  • A young child, sitting with a dog, watching her parent, a fern-cutter, at work. Engraving by G. Lazaretti, 1802, after R. Westall.
  • Four fern fronds, one of a hart's tongue fern (Asplenium species). Chromolithograph after a nature print.
  • A young woman carrying a bundle of ferns on her back. Engraving by Edward Burton after Robert Herdman.