Cape Collection (page 9)

Guernsey lily, Nerine sarniensis (Amaryllis sarniensis). Cape, South Africa. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Various sects of Hindu priests or Brahmin with their religious paraphernalia at a river bank. Identified as priests of Sceroteri, Canoge, Drauers, Brijbashi and Uriah

Bard in sky-blue robes and ancient Britons
Bard in distinctive sky-blue robes with 12-string harp, Briton in the Roman fashion of multicolored cape and red tunic, and two female Britons in tunic and skirts

Native Americans of Carolina in capes, shawls and skirts, men with bows and arrows, women with necklaces and tattoos in summer dress

Costumes of Native Americans of Canada, 19th century
Costumes of Native Americans of Canada, hunters with muskets, men in capes, tunics and trousers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Aleutian women of Porto de Francesi, Alaska, wearing bearskin capes over dresses and showing their distinctive lip piercings

Marriage ceremony among the Inca royal family - the Inca Emperor in red cape presides over the wedding of a prince. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes

Natives of the Island of Cape Verde, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Portraits of Xhosa people in headdresses
Portraits of Xhosa (Kaffir) people of South Africa in headdresses, fur capes and earrings. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Nobles of the Nama (Namaqua) people of South Africa, man in fur cape and loincloth, woman in cape and skirt with necklace

Khoikhoi woman of Angola
Khoikhoi (Hottentot) woman of Angola in fur cape and hat with bow, necklace, and beaded apron. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Roberto Freschi from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Natives of the kingdom of Ardra (Benin). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843

Natives of the Ivory Coast, Africa. Men in loinclothes with hair dyed red and dressed with palm oil, and a noble in cloak

Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer caffer (Bos caffer). Handcoloured engraving by Griffiths after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith of a specimen in the British Museum from Edward Griffiths The

Cape grysbok, Raphicerus melanotis rufescens
Cape or southern grysbok, Raphicerus melanotis rufescens. (Vlackte steenbock, Antilope rufescens). Handcoloured engraving by H

Chinese lantern, Nymania capensis (Cape aitonia, Aitonia capensis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes

Cape snowdrop, Crassula capensis. (Round-leaved septas, Septas capensis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes

Three heralds with trumpets adorned with fleur-de-lis standards, 15th century. They wear small caps, short capes over short tunics, one with slashed sleeves, hose and long pointed shoes

Common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus (Cape Verde boar, Sus africanus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1825

Aardvark, Orycteropus afer (Cape ant-eater, Orycteropus capensis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by M. Griffith from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker

Cape ground squirrel, Xerus inauris?
Cape ground squirrel, Xerus inauris (Gingi squirrel?, Sciurus ginginianus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Landseer from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London

Serval and jaguarundi
Serval, Leptailurus serval (Cape cat of Forster, Felis capensis) and jaguarundi, Puma yagouaroundi (yagouaroundi of d Azara), also called eyra cat

Sunda clouded leopard (vulnerable) and serval
Sunda clouded leopard, Neofelis diardi (vulnerable) and serval, Leptailurus serval (Tiger cat of Java, Felis diardi, and Cape cat of Forster, Felis capensis)

Mongolian man, Chinese fur dealer, 19th century. Handcoloured copperplated engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward, from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker

Capeweed, Arctotheca calendula (Cryptostemma calendulaceum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after an illustration by John Curtis from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1822

Cape aloe, Aloe ferox. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1818

Madame Bras as Dame Catherine in La Dame les Belles Cousines by Louis Charles Achille d Artois, Theatre du Vaudeville, 1823. Handcoloured lithograph by F

Woman in a night cape and large Voluptuese bonnet. Coiffure de nuit, a la Voluptueuse. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzannes Stylish Hairstyle or Eccentric Finery from the era

Man of the Yellowknives nation and of the Sekani nation
Man of the Yellowknives, Copper or T atsaot ine nation and man of the Sekani nation (Cluche) with rabbit-ear hat sketched in New York. Copper Indian and Cluche (Rocky Mountain) Indian

Natives of Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia
Bout Alikhooki, Tierra del Fuego man drawn from life in European clothes at Plymouth, and Patagonian of Cape Gregory in llama fur coat. Natives of South America

Portraits of San people, South Africa
Portraits of San (Bushman) woman and man, South Africa. The man was a private soldier in the Cape Rifles, drawn by Captain Nelson

Picador on horseback stabbing a charging bull with a lance while a matador with cloak runs beside them. Chromolithograph by J

Cape mole-rat, Georychus capensis (Long toothed marmot, Mus capensis) of South Africa. From the collection of Mr. Lee. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New Illustrations of

Southern ostrich, Struthio camelus australis. (Black ostrich from the Cape of Good Hope). From a specimen in the possession of Thomas Pennant

Chinese labourer with umbrella and peasant
Chinese labourer with bamboo-and-paper umbrella and peasant in rice-straw cape, QIng Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Freesia refracta (Reflex tritonia, Tritonia refracta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Smith after a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from The Botanical Register, Ridgway, London, 1816

Orange nodding-head or mountain dahlia, Liparia splendens, vulnerable. (Ruscus-leaved liparia, Liparia sphaerica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S

Cape of Good Hope crinum, Crinum bulbispermum (Crinum capense). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Bowies oxalis, Oxalis bowiei. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Mills from Benjamin Maund and the Rev. John Stevens Henslows The Botanist, London, 1836

Sweet-scented mallow, Malva odorata. South Africa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Cape pavetta, Pavetta capensis
Pavetta capensis (South African pavetta, Pavetta caffra). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Miss Sara Maund from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Satyrium coriifolium orchid (Upright satyrium, Satyrium erectum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Priscilla Bury from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Blue daisy, Felicia amelloides (Blue-flowered cineraria or Cape aster, Cineraria amelloides). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards rom William Curtis

Cape gunnera, Gunnera perpensa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by John Curtis from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, Samuel Curtis, London, 1823

Cape marigold, Arctotheca calendula (Marygold-flowered cryptostemma, Cryptostemma calendulacea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a drawing by John Curtis for Samuel Curtis

Cape marigold, Dimorphotheca chrysanthemifolia (Large-flowered marygold, Calendula chrysanthemifolia). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis

Villarsia ovata (Oval-leaved cape buckbean, Menyanthes ovata). Handcoloured botanical engraving from John Sims Curtiss Botanical Magazine, Couchman, London, 1816

Elephants foot, Dioscorea elephantipes (Female cape bryony, Tamus elephantipes faemina). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F

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