"Tree of Gomroon," from 'Voyages célèbres et remarquables faits de Perse aux Indes orientales' by Johann Albrecht von Mandelslo, Amsterdam, 1727

Source: ebay, Nov. 2008

*"Arbre des Banians" from 'Voyage de l'Inde a la Mekke' by Abdul-Kerym, 1797*

Source: ebay, Feb. 2012



A view of a banyan tree by Giulio Ferrario, from 'Il costumo antico e moderno', Florence, 1824

Source: ebay, June 2010

"A Banian Tree, consecrated for Worship in a Guzerat Village," by James Forbes; drawn in 1781, published in Illustrations to Oriental Memoirs, 1835

Source: http://www.antiqueprints.com/Prints/india_prints.html
(downloaded Feb. 2002)




"Pipal tree," a botanical drawing, 1836

Source: ebay, Mar. 2009

"The Banyan Tree," by R. A. Daniell; a steel engraving, 1837

Source: ebay, Feb. 2002

"The Banyan Tree, from a sketch by Capt. Sherwill," Illustrated London News, 1856; very large scans of the *left half* and the *right half* of the engraving

Source: ebay, Dec. 2010




"Banyan tree," from The Graphic, 1875; click on the image for a very large scan

Source: ebay, Feb. 2009

An albumen print, Assam, 1870's

Source: ebay, Jan. 2008

"Great Banyan Tree," a photo from c. the 1870's

Source: ebay, Sept. 2007

"Banyan trees, India," a wood engraving, 1884

Source: ebay, Apr. 2006

"Banian tree, Botanical Gardens, Calcutta," a photo, late 1800's

Source: ebay, Apr. 2008

"Banyan tree, at Madura," a photo from the 1920's

Source: ebay, June 2007

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