Common garlic (Allium sativum): bulb, flower head, single flower and single clove. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1850.
- Burnett, M. A., active 1850.
- Date:
- [1850]
- Reference:
- 23796i
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Common garlic when worn round the neck was said to ward off Trolls, Vampires, etc.
Publication/Creation
[London (Ave Maria Lane)] : [Whittaker & Co.], [1850]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour
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Lettering
Allium sativum
References note
Published description of the plant illustrated and its medicinal uses in : M.A.Burnett, Plantae utiliores ..., London, 1850
Reference
Wellcome Collection 23796i
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Location Status Access Closed stores