Breast Collection (page 2)

Ensifera ensifera, sword-billed hummingbird
Plate 233, hand coloured lithograph from A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861) by John Gould

Bedroom scene with a couple, two servants and a dog
A crowded bedroom scene with a woman in bed, her lover standing at the side, two servants and a dog. An illustration to the story by La Fontaine

Fine portrait of a Zulu Woman, South Africa - Intombe River region. Date: circa 1901

Smiling Zulu Woman and child, South Africa Date: circa 1901

Sakai Women, Kampong Ulu Jelebu, Malaysia Date: circa 1910s

Harpia harpyja, harpy eagle
A specimen of a harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Colourful illustration of a mermaid and a lobster
Plate 57 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Red owl, warbling flycatcher, purple finch, brown lark
Page 82 from A. Wilsons American Ornithology, (1835). Annotated Red owl, Warbling flycatcher, Purple finch, Brown lark

Archilochus colubris, ruby-throated hummingbird
Drawing 58 (Ewan 20) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Pyrocephalus rubinus, vermilion flycatcher
Plate 6, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from Charles Robert Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, Part 3 Birds, (1838-41). This is not one of Darwins finches

Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus, rainbow lorikeet
Watercolour 125 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled Red-breasted or Blue-bellied Parrot, Goeril

Taxostoma rufum, brown thrasher
Plate 28, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Frontispiece from George Edwards A Natural History of Birds, Part 1, (1743). Annotated Georgii Edvardi Ornithologia Nova

Trogon melanurus macroura, black-tailed trogon
Hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould, from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or Family of Trogons, (1838)

Haematopus ostralegus, Eurasian oystercatcher
Plate 18 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Corvus corone cornix, hooded (carrion) crow
Plate 30 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Petroica macrocephala, New Zealand tit
Ff. 149. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Turdus minutus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Alectoris rufa, red-legged partridge
Plate 14 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Gallicolumba luzonica, luzon bleeding-heart and another dove
Large Series plate 32, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Petroica australis, New Zealand robin
Ff. 148. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Turdus ochrotarsus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Ficedula parva, red-breasted flycatcher
Plate 20 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Camarhynchus crassirostris, vegetarian finch
Plate 41, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from Charles Robert Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, Part 3 Birds, (1838-41). Finch from the Galapagos Islands

Plate 302 from The Gleanings of Natural History by George Ed
Plate 302, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 2 (1760). Annotated Little blue-grey flycatchers

Ramphostos toco, toco toucan
Plate 6, hand coloured lithograph by Edward Lear (1833) from John Goulds A Monograph of the Ramphastid, or family of Toucans (1834)

Anas crecca, common teal
Plate 34 from Sir William Jardines The Naturalists Library. Original Drawings. Birds

Turdus pilaris, fieldfare, Turdus iliacus, redwing
Plate 2 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)

Trogon ardens, Philippine trogon
Hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould, from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or Family of Trogons, Plate 35 (1838)

Philomachus pugnax, ruff
Plate 87, hand coloured engraving from Eleazar Albins A Natural History of Birds, (1734)

Columba hodgsonii, speckled woodpigeon
Plate 70, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal

Ketupa flavipes, tawny fish owl
Plate 30, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal

Polyboroides typus, African harrier-hawk
An African harrier-hawk (Polyboroides typus) walking along a branch

Diphyllodes sp. bird-of-paradise
Hand coloured lithograph by John Gould and Richard Bowdler Sharpe from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea, (1875-1888), 2nd Edition

Watercolour of a bird by Olivia Fanny Tonge
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge. 180mm x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952

Various Pyroderus scutatus subspecies in storage at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Saxicola rubetra, whinchat
Plate 170 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Merops apiaster, European bee-eater
Plate 144 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Cuculus canorus, common cuckoo, Anthus pratensis, meadow pip

Asio flammeus galapagoensis, short-eared owl
Plate, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from Charles Robert Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, Part 3 Birds, (1838-41)

Astrapia nigra, arfak astrapia
Hand coloured lithograph by Richard Bowdler Sharpe from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea (1875-88)

Anthus sp. pipit
Plate 132 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, satin bowerbird
Plate 11, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol.4, (1840-1848)

Emberiza citrinella, yellowhammer
Plate 178 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Buteo galapagoensis, Galapagos hawk
Plate, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from Charles Robert Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, Part 3 Birds, (1838-41)

Saxicola torquata, common stonechat
Plate 149 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Thraupis bonariensis darwinii, blue-and-yellow tanager
Hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from Charles Robert Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, Part 3 Birds, (1838-41). This is not one of Darwins finches

Lophura leucomelana, kalij pheasant
A watercolour by Lady Mary Bentinck (c. 1833)

Chrysocolaptes lucidus xanthocephalus, greater flame-backed
Plate 37 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 6, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Oriolus traillii, maroon oriole
Plate 74 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 2, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

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