Three men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina), in a forest. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
- Date:
- [1867-1875]
- Reference:
- 20952i
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The timber of the Australian mountain ash is used as wood pulp and the trunk yields a red kino used as astringents in medicine and in tanning
Publication/Creation
[London], [1867-1875]
Physical description
1 print : wood engraving
Contributors
Lettering
A big gum tree - Eucalyptus amygdalina
Reference
Wellcome Collection 20952i
Creator/production credits
Bears monogram that could be read as WJL, possibly of William James Linton (1812-1897)
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Location Status Access Closed stores