Two page typescript on the Acer Pseudoplatanus tree (also known as the Great Maple, False Plan and Sycamore Plane) whose wood is used to make bassoons.
Plane Speaking and No Sprucing, by Eric McGavin
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Hart Museum Visitor Books
object | ARC/HAR/003/002
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Black and white medium format negative of aerial view of tiny roof in riverside clearing surrounded by forest
object | ARC/GUP/006/336
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Colour slide of houses in landscape
object | ARC/GUP/006/185
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Horniman Museum Enlargement No. 7: Plan and elevation of case to contain the torture chair
object | ARC/HMG/BD/001/001/002/001/007
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