Common Hemp Cannabis sativa plant - a botanical print by J. Sowerby, 1790 art poster canvas gift didine Nelson stands on a rocky

Nelson stands on a rocky seashore in full dress uniform of a Rear-Admiral with orders and decorations

Melo -  Melon - Cucumis melo plant - an antique engraved and hand-coloured print by Elizabeth Blackwell from 1737 edition of her famous Georgian work "A Curious Herbal"

Wellington has effectively ended the Napoleonic Wars by defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo

from the third German edition of his Fischbuch

and died in Newcastle asylum

Common Hemp Cannabis sativa plant - a botanical print by J. Sowerby, 1790 art poster canvas gift didine Nelson stands on a rockyCommon Hemp Cannabis sativa an antique Georgian engraved hand coloured botanical print by James Sowerby from his work "English Botany" 1790 1812. "English Botany" is the title of a major publication of British plants, an enormous set of volumes that was issued between 1790 and 1813. The brief, but formal descriptions were supplied by the founder of the Linnean Society, James Edward Smith, and published and illustrated by the botanical illustrator and