Narrative Collection (#2)

Menelaus blue morpho, Morpho menelaus, ventral and dorsal, on a pomegranate blossom. Azure blue butterfly, copied from Maria Sibylla Merian

Grey-winged trumpeter and crested curassow (vulnerable)
Agamy or grey-winged trumpeter, Psophia crepiteans, and powese or crested curassow, Crax alector (vulnerable) in tree. Copperplate engraving by Barlow after an original illustration by Captain John

Armadillo and tree porcupine
Nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, or Kapplers armadillo, Dasypus kappleri and South American tree porcupine, Coendou prehensilis

Sprig of the cotton plant, Gossypium hirsutum, with bolls and leaves. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a Five Years

Blue and yellow macaw and scarlet macaw
Blue and yellow macaw, Ara ararauna, and scarlet or Amazon macaw, Ara macao. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a Five Years

Brown capuchin monkey and squirrel monkey
Brown capuchin monkey or mecoo, Cebus apella, and squirrel monkey or kishee kishee, Saimiri sciureus. Copperplate engraving by William Blake after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel

Two-toed sloth and pale-throated three-toed sloth
Two-toed sloth or unau, Choloepus didactylus, and pale-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus. Copperplate engraving by Barlow after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman

Iguana, Iguana iguana, and caiman, Caiman crocodilus. (Leguana or Iguana lizard of Guiana, and alligator or cayman of Surinam)

Toco toucan and sunbittern
Toco toucan, Ramphastos toco, and sunbittern or flycatcher, Eurypyga helias. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a Five Years

Sprig of the tamarind tree, Tamarindus indica, with leaves and pod. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a Five Years Expedition

View of Constable Rocks off Cayenne, and sawfish
View of the Constable Rocks off Cayenne, Dutch ship in foreground, and sawfish, Pristis pristis, critically endangered, with underside of head

Great anteater and South American coati
Great anteater or tamandua, Myrmecophaga tridactyla tridactyla (vulnerable), and South American coati or coatimundi, Nasua nasua

Sprig of the coffee tree, Coffea arabica, with drupes D, coffee beans F and leaves B, C. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a

Sprig of the indigo plant, Indigofera tinctoria, and square of indigo ready for use as dye. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of

Four stages of sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum. Shoot A, half mature B, fully ripe C, and harvested D. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his

Roseate spoonbill and American wood ibis
Roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja, and American wood ibis or wood stork, Mycteria americana (Spoonbill or shoveler and jabiru or crane of Guiana)

Flying fish and dolphin
Flying fish, Exocoetus volitans (Harangus volans) and dorado or dolphin, Coryphaena hippurus. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative

Black-tailed trogon and chestnut woodpecker
Black-tailed trogon or wood-louse fowl, Trogon melanurus, and chestnut or yellow woodpecker, Celeus elegans. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman

Musk melon, watermelon and pineapple
Musk melon, Cucumis melo, watermelon, Citrullus vulgaris, and pineapple, Ananas comosus. Copperplate engraving by A. Smith after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his

Red-rumped agouti and spotted paca
Red-rumped agouti or Indian coney, Dasyprocta leporina leporina, and spotted paca or spotted coney, Cuniculus paca. Copperplate engraving by Barlow after an original illustration by Captain John

Jaguar and ocelot
Jaguar or tiger of terra-firma, Panthera onca, and tiger-cat of Surinam, ocelot or dwarf leopard, Leopardus pardalis melanurus

Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, with a quotation from Hiawatha, Longfellows long narrative poem. Date: 1935

Illustration, Selim and Zuleika, The Bride of Abydos
Illustration, Selim and Zuleika, in The Bride of Abydos, a poem by Lord Byron (1813). 1844

Illustration to Rokeby, narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott
Illustration to Rokeby, a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott. early 19th century

Lalla Rookh, oriental romance by Thomas Moore
Illustration to Lalla Rookh, an oriental romance by Thomas Moore. 1817

Illustration, Hilda, Lalla Rookh
Illustration, Hilda, in Lalla Rookh, a narrative poem by Thomas Moore. 19th century

Works of Homer, First Edition translated by Chapman
Title page of the First Edition of The Whole Works of Homer translated into English by George Chapman, the main two works being The Iliad and The Odyssey. Date: 1616

Zambia (Northern Rhodesia) - Storyteller keeping two young boys entranced with his tales. Date: circa 1930s

Hartmann von Aue, German poet
Hartmann von Aue, leading poet of the Middle High German period. He also took part in the Crusade of 1196-97. Date: c 1170 - c 1210

Signing the Treaty of Peace at Vienaa [sic]. Coloured aquatint by J C Stadler after William Heath, published by Thomas Tegg, 1 April 1818

Zelica, a character in Lalla Rookh by Thomas Moore
Zelica - But there was one, among the chosen Maids, Who d blush d behind the gallerys silken shades - a character in The Veiled Prophet, Lalla Rookh, a long narrative poem by Thomas Moore

Lalla Rookh, long narrative poem by Thomas Moore
She found that the short dream of happiness was over -- the title character of Lalla Rookh, a long narrative poem by Thomas Moore, first published in 1817. 19th century

Hinda, a character in Lalla Rookh by Thomas Moore
Hinda - Tis she, the Emirs blooming child, All truth and tenderness and grace - a character in The Fire Worshippers, Lalla Rookh, a long narrative poem by Thomas Moore, first published in 1817

Circa turning men into beasts
Circe, a powerful magician and daughter of the Sun, turns men into beasts, as described in Homers epic poem, The Odyssey. Date: BCE

Illustration, Tam O Shanter
Illustration to Tam O Shanter, a poem by Robert Burns. Date: 1866

Fuegian (Yapoo Takeenica)

The Ashanti War (1873-74) The 42nd Highlanders in the front
This shows the soldiers from the 42nd Highlanders engaged in the front of the battle against the Ashantis during the 2nd Ashanti War towards the end of 1873

Publius Horatius Cocles defending the Tiber bridge
Publius Horatius Cocles, an army officer of the Roman Republic, together with two companions, Spurius Larcius and Titus Herminius

Intelligence of the Battle of Ligny. Coloured aquatint by J C Stadler after William Heath, published by Thomas Tegg, 1 April 1818. Wellington at a Ball receiving news, 16th June 1815

Shakespeare - Venus and Adonis - Vouchsafe, thou wonder, to alight thy steed. circa 1830s

The Parting of Medora and the Corsair, a scene from Byrons narrative poem, The Corsair, 1814. circa 1850s

Utopia, 1516, by Thomas More (1478-1535). Tittle cover. Fren
Thomas More (1478-1535). English politician and humanist. Utopia, 1516. Tittle cover. French edition. Printed in Amsterdam by Jean Blaeu, 1642. Colored engraving

Idylls of the KIng, 1559-1885. By English poet Lord ALfred T
Idylls of the KIng. Published 1559-1885. Cycle narrative poems by English poet Lord ALfred Tennyson (1809-1892). Engraving by Gustave Dor?. Brittany coast

Publius Ovidius Naso ( 43 BC AD 17 / 18). Roman poet. The Me
Publius Ovidius Naso ( 43 BC AD 17/18), known as Ovid in the English. Roman poet. The Metamorphoses. Latin narrative poem. Book II. Cadmus. Edited in Frankfurt, 1601

Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400), English poet, best known for his long narrative poem, The Canterbury Tales. Date: 1340 - 1400

BUEIL, John V of (1406-1477). Charles VIII returned a letter Joan of Arc. Illustration in Le Jouvencel (1461-1466). Narrative describing the siege of Orleans in 1429 during the Hundred Years War

To Hell With Surrender! How Second Lieutenant J. C. Buchan
The official narrative for this drawing reads: When he saw the enemy had practically surrounded his command, he collected his platoon and prepared to fight his way back to the supporting line

Plate from An Exact and Authentic Narrative of M Blanchard
Plate from An Exact and Authentic Narrative of M. Blanchards Third Aerial Voyage, from Rouen in Normandy, on the 18th July, 1784 Accompanied by M. Boby, published in London in 1784

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