Pyrus Collection

Ripe fruit and leaves of Brown Beurre Pear, Pyrus communis.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by Watts from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Wild apple or crabtree, Malus domestica (Pyrus malus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1794

Japanese quince blossom, Chaenomeles japonica (Pyrus japonica alba). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, London, 1821

Pear variety named for Baron Pollwill, Pyrus pollveria. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after Thomas Shotter Boys from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825

Apple tree, Malus domestica (Pyrus malus). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany

Apple fruit and blossom, Malus domestica
Apple, fruit, branch and blossom, Malus domestica (Pyrus malus). Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1848

Pear variety, Duchesse de Mouchy, Pyrus communis. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Pear variety, Jules d Airoles, Pyrus communis. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Pear varieties
Varieties of pear, Pyrus communis: Helene Gregoire, Colmar d Arenberg, Colmar Kennes, President Muller and Premices d Ecully

Service tree, Pyrus domestica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London, 1816

Sweet crabapple or garland crab, Malus coronaria (Pyrus coronaria). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1818

Chinese pear tree in blossom, Pyrus pyrifolia
Le Poirier de la Chine. Chinese pear tree in blossom, Pyrus pyrifolia. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus

Almond-leaved pear, Pyrus amygdaliformis (Snow pear, Pyrus nivalis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards Botanical Register

Sage-leaved pear, Pyrus x salviifolia (Pyrus salvifolia). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards Botanical Register, Ridgeway

Chokeberry, Aronia arbutifolia (Arbutus-leaved aronia, Pyrus arbutifolia). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter Fitch from William Jackson Hookers Botanical

Chinese flowering apple, Malus spectabilis (Chinese apple tree, Pyrus spectabilis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis

Quince, Pyrus cydonia. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Apple, Malus domestica (Pyrus malus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Curtis British Entomology Plate 578
Lepidoptera: Papilio podalirius = Iphiclides podalirius (Scarce Swallow-tail) [Plant: Pyrus communis (Pear)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 535
Lepidoptera: Harpipteryx scabrella = Ypsolopha scabrella (Wainscot Hooktip, Wainscot Smudge) [Plant: Sorbus torminalis (Pyrus torminalis, Wild service-tree)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 91
Coleoptera: Obrium cantharinum (Reddish Obrium) [Plant: Malus sylvestris (Pyrus malus, Crab-tree)] Date: 1824-39

Illustration, Notodontidae -- Phalera Bucephala, Pterostoma Palpina, Lophopteryx Camelina, Odontosia Carmelita, Microdonta Bicolora, Leiocampa Dictaea, Drymonia Chaonia, Notodonta Tritophus

Illustration, Saturniidae -- Endromis Versicolora, Saturnia Pyri, Saturnia Carpini. The plants are Pear (Pyrus Communis), Birch (Betula Alba) and Dog Rose (Rosa Canina). Date: 1898

Illus, Cossidae -- Cochliopodidae -- Hepialidae -- Psychidae
Illustration, Cossidae -- Cochliopodidae -- Hepialidae -- Psychidae -- Cossus Ligniperda, Zeuzera Aesculi, Limacodes Testudo, Hepialus Humuli, Hepialus Lupulinus, Hepialus Hectus, Psyche Unicolor

Ripe fruit and leaves of Gansels Bergamot pear, Pyrus communis.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by Watts from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Ripe fruit and leaves of the Bon Louis Pear, Pyrus communis.. Handcolored illustration by E.D. Smith engraved by Watts from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Pear cultivar, Beurre Giffard, Pyrus communis.. Chromolithograph from The Florist and Pomologist Robert Hogg, London, published from 1878 to 1884

Peach pear, Pyrus communis cultivar.. Chromolithograph from The Florist and Pomologist Robert Hogg, London, published from 1878 to 1884

Pear cultivar, Beurre d Amarilis panachee, Pyrus communis.. Chromolithograph from The Florist and Pomologist Robert Hogg, London, published from 1878 to 1884

Louise Bonne de Pentecote pear, Pyrus communis cultivar.. Chromolithograph from The Florist and Pomologist Robert Hogg, London, published from 1878 to 1884

Apple blossom, Pyrus malus.. Illustration by Clarissa Badger, nee Munger, from Wild Flowers, Drawn and Colored from Nature, New York, 1859

Pyrus indica, Indian pear
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Pyrus communis, pear
The pear tree, a native of Europe and western Asia, is widely cultivated in temperate regions for its fruit. One of the decorative ceiling panels at the Natural History Museum, London

The Pear
The upper pear shown here is the Saint German, on the left is the Comar and on the right is the Brown Beurree, said to be the most delicious of Pears. Plate 51 from Brookshaw, G. (1817)

Pyrus moire, pear
Plate 248 from Le Jardin Fruitiers du Museum (1863) by Joseph Decaisne. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Xylomelum pyriforme, woody pear
Finished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Alecto edition

Pyrus communis, conference pears
Illustration from Full Instructions for the Young Artist: a companion to the Treatises on Flowers and Birds 1817, by George Brookshaw

Opuntia camachoi, prickly pear cactus
Figure 30 from Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 1932-33, by Professor Carlos Porter

Opunita fiscus-indica, prickly pear
An oil painting of a prickly pear (Opunita fiscus-indica). The artist and date are unknown. Original canvas held at the Natural History Museum, London

Pyrus sp. pear

Rousselet hatif, pear
Pears plate no 3 from Pomona Franconica Vol 3 1776 by J Mayer

Pyrus sp. apple (The Court of Wick Pippin)
Plate 32 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pyrus sp. pear (Wormsley Bergamot Pear)

Pyrus sp. pear (Chaumontel Pear)
Plate 11 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pyrus sp. apple
Plate 63 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Pyrus sp. pear (True St. Germain Pear)
Plate 5 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pyrus sp. pear (The Brown Beurre Pear)
Plate 27 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pyrus sp. apple (Fearns Pippin apple)
Plate 43 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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