Foxglove, Digitalis ferruginea angustifolia, and orange lily, Lilium bulbiferum, with butterfly and insect.


Foxglove, Digitalis ferruginea angustifolia, and orange lily, Lilium bulbiferum, with butterfly and insect. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from "Nederlandsch Bloemwerk" (Dutch Flower Arrangements), Amsterdam, Elwe, 1794. Illustration copied from a work by one of the outstanding French flower painters of the 17th century, Nicolas Robert (1614-1685), entitled "Variae ac multiformes florum Diverses fleurs," Paris, 1660.


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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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