Cucumber Cucumis sativus flowering plant, botanical print by E. Blackwell, A Curious Herbal, 1737 art poster canvas gift Surface:Canvas 320gsm They lay between Chelsea Harbour

They lay between Chelsea Harbour and the end of the King's Road and flourished between 1845 and 1877

James Pigot (1769 - 1843) was a British publisher

By 1863 it was selling at over 300

The Battle of Jena was fought on 14th of October 1806 near Jena in Prussia (today’s Germany) between French army under Napoleon Bonaparte and Prussian forces led by Frederick William III of Prussia

Smith & Son in 1848

Cucumber Cucumis sativus flowering plant, botanical print by E. Blackwell, A Curious Herbal, 1737 art poster canvas gift Surface:Canvas 320gsm They lay between Chelsea HarbourCucumber Cucumis sativus an antique engraved and hand coloured print by Elizabeth Blackwell from her famous Georgian work "A Curious Herbal", published in 1737 1739. Elizabeth Blackwell (17071758) was a Scottish botanical illustrator and author who was best known as both the artist and engraver for the plates of "A Curious Herbal", published between 1737 and 1739. The book was designed as a reference work on medicinal plants for the use of physicians