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<n>[Rue de Constantine]</n>, an albumen silver print from ca. 1865 by <n>Charles Marville</n>.

Plate 6 from <n>Specimens of Fancy Turning</n> (1817) by <n>John Holt Ibbetson</n>.

Illustrations from a Japanese fireworks catalogue by <n>Jinta Hirayama</n>, published in 1883.

A 1851–52 photograph by <n>Maxime Du Camp</n> of the <n>Palace of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu</n> in Thebes.

A cyanotype from <n>Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions</n> by <n>Anna Atkins</n>, 1843.

<n>Sea Holly</n>, a black and white photograph by <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

<n>Nebuleuse de la Lyre</n>, an 1885 photograph by <n>Paul Henry</n> and <n>Prosper Henry</n>.

<n>Ptilota plumosa. ß capillaris</n>, a cyanotype by <n>Anna Atkins</n> from 1843–53.

<n>Schizonema comoides</n>, a cyanotype by <n>Anna Atkins</n> from ca. 1851.

<n>The Charger</n>, a 1894 print by artist <n>Odilon Redon</n>.

A still life of sunflowers from <n>Martin Gerlach</n>'s <n>Festons und Decorative Gruppen</n> series, 1897.

A 1854 chromolithograph by <n>William Sharp</n> after a sketch by <n>John Fisk Allen</n>, depicting the <n>Victoria amazonica</n> water lily.

<n>[Photogenic Drawing of a Plant]</n> by <n>William Henry Fox Talbot</n>, ca. 1839.

<n>Design for a Coffered Ceiling with Painted Initials: VR</n> by <n>Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise</n>, ca. 1890–97.

A 1928 photograph, <n>Hardy Indian Balsam Stem</n>, by <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

<n>Ceramium strictum</n>, a cyanotype by <n>Anna Atkins</n> from 1843–53.

A geometric design by <n>Charles Holtzapffel</n> from his 1839 book <n>Specimens of Fancy Turning</n>.

Photograph of Egyptian ruins by <n>Félix Teynard</n>.

<n>A Group of Auriculas</n> (1803), painted by <n>Peter Henderson</n> for <n>Robert John Thornton</n>'s <n>The Temple of Flora</n>.

<n>Globeflower</n>, a photograph by <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n> from his 1928 book <n>Urformen der Kunst</n>.

'<n>Queensland Pearls</n>' by <n>William Saville-Kent</n> (1893), used as cover art for <n>Ryuuta Takaki</n>'s album <n>Jewels</n>.

<n>A Bush of Hydrangea in Flower</n>, a salted paper print by <n>William Henry Fox Talbot</n> from circa 1845.

A botanical study of a rose, heartsease, and sweet pea by <n>Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues</n>, ca. 1568.