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Flora at play with Cupid

Flora at play with Cupid. Engraving by S. Alkin, from Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden: a poem in two parts. Frontispiece for Vol.2

Picture No
10971999
Media ID
46686309
Size
2247px x 3000px (4.1MB)
Credit
©The John Innes Centre/The John Innes Foundation/Mary Evans
Source
The John Innes Historical Collection
Date
1791-94

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1791 Botanic Cupid Darwin Erasmus Frontispiece Poem


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