nature art

An 18th-century botanical illustration of a passionflower by artist <n>Peter Brown</n>.

<n>Lotus Flowers</n> (1896), a hand-colored photograph by <n>Ogawa Kazumasa</n> from his series <n>Some Japanese Flowers</n>.

<n>The Queen</n> (1799-1807), an illustration by <n>Robert John Thornton</n> from his work <n>The Temple of Flora</n>.

<n>Victoria amazonica</n> illustration by <n>Katie Scott</n>.

The herbal bed: Katie Scott's psychedelic flora and fauna – in pictures

Illustration of <n>Victoria amazonica</n> from <n>The Universe, or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little</n> by <n>F.A. Pouchet</n> (1906).

A 1890 color lithograph of the <n>Night Flowering Cereus</n> by <n>Félix-Archimède Pouchet</n>.

Photograph of an <n>Oriental Poppy</n> by <n>Irving Penn</n> for <n>Vogue</n>, published in December 1969.