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Title American Ginseng
Reference NHM111300
Library Bridgeman Art Library
Date c. 1700
Author / Creator Thanner, B
Description Panax quinquefolium (American Ginseng). Illustration from the plate collection of the Botany Library (hand-coloured engraving).
Document Type Painting
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce; Health and Welfare
Keywords commodity, flower, ginseng, health, herb, herbal, medicinal, medicine, root, tea, trade
Countries USA
Additional Information

From 'China in a Series of Views' by George Newenham Wright.

The Bridgeman Art Library is the copyright holder, or authorised representative of the copyright holder, for all photographic transparencies in the Bridgeman Art Library.

Engraved by T. S. Leitner.

The painting is located at the Natural History Museum, London, UK.

Copyright Bridgeman Art Library