Wornum

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 744

Wornum, RALPH NICHOLSON, the founder of scientific art criticism, was born at Thornton, Northumberland, 29th December 1812, and, having since 1853 been keeper and secretary of the National Gallery, died at Hampstead, 15th December 1877.

A detailed botanical illustration of the wormwood plant (Artemisia absinthium). The drawing shows a central stem with several branches. The leaves are deeply lobed and have a serrated edge. At the top of the plant, there are several clusters of small, tubular flowers. The illustration is rendered in a fine-line, etched style typical of 19th-century botanical books. — Wormwood
(Artemisia absinthium).

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