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Heteropoda venatoria & Avicularia aviculariaHuntsman spider (Heteropoda venatoria) and pinktoe tarantula (Avicularia avicularia). Engraving made for Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian
Thysania agrippina, white witchCaterpillar, cocoon and adults of a white witch moth (Thysania agrippina). Plate 20 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)
Insects, plants & shells against landscape
Lucanus cervus, stag beetleAlso, Macrodontia cervicorn, palm weevil beetle & grub, Rhynchophorus palmarum and other unrelated insects. Plate 48 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sybilla Merian, 1705
Heliconius riciniButterflies (Heliconius ricini) feed on caster-oil plant (Ricinus communis). Plate 30 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian
Arsenura armida, Emperor moth caterpillars on coral treeEmperor moth caterpillars on coral tree from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium of te Verandering der Surinaamsche Insecten by Maria Sibylla Merian
Stagmatoptera precaria, mantidLife cycle of the mantid (Stagmatoptera precaria). Reproduced as an engraving after the orginal watercolour from as Plate 66 Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)
Plate from New Book of Flowers (1680)Illustration from Neues Blumenbuch or New Book of Flowers (1680) by Maria Sibylla Merian
Manihot esculenta, cassava plantIllustration from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian
Portrait believed to be the Dutch Chemist Jan Baptist van HeThis portrait was originally believed to be the Naturalist John Ray (1627-1705) and it was even suggested to be a portrait of Robert Hooke (1635-1703)
Hibiscus seedsAn illustration of three hibiscus seeds as seen through a microscope, from page 497 of Flora, overo Cultura di Fiori (1638) by Battista Giovanni Ferrari (1582-1655)
Pan troglodytes, chimpanzee
Pongo pygmaeus, orang-outangThe muscles of the Pongo pygmaeus from Orang-Outang sive Homo Sylvestris: or, The Anatomy of a Pygmie Compared with That of a Monkey, an Ape, and a Man by Edward Tyson, 1699
Anna Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)Portrait of Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, a German naturalist. Frontispiece from Erucarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis by Merian (1717)
Insect collection by James Petiver (1663-1)This late 17th century insect collection is unique in that the specimens are mounted and preserved between sheets of the mineral mica
Saxifraga hirculus, Marsh saxifrageOriginally published in: Exoticarum aliarumque minus cognitarum Plantarum centuria prima by Breyne, Jakob (1637-1697) Published in Gedani (Danzig) 1678. Natural History Museums Botany Library
Thelypteris reticulata, latticevein fernIllustration from Description des Plantes de l Amerique (1693) by Charles Plumier, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Ceropegia candelabrum, ceropegiaIllustration from Hortus Indicus Malabaricus (1678-1703) by Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Passiflora laurifolia, water lemonIllustration from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (1705) by Maria Sibylla Merian, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Camellia japonica L. camelliaType specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). From Amoenitatum exoticarum politico (1712) by Engelbert Kaempfer
Beetles from Joseph Dandridges collectionBeetles, only some of which are from the Petiver Collection, shown with Sloanes catalogue numbers
Strombus tricornis, lightfootShell specimen with Martin Listers engraving from his Historiae Sive Synopsis Methodicae Conchyliorum, 1685-1692, plate 873
Thecla betulae, brown hairstreak butterflyA mounted specimen of a brown hairstreak butterfly from the Petiver Collection at the Natural History Museum, London
Butterflies - attrib. to Jan van KesselPainting of butterflies and other insects attributed to Jan van Kessel (1626-79). Oil on copper panel 57 x 43cm
Plate from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
Title plate from Neues Blumenbuch by Maria Sibylla MerianTitle plate from Neues Blumenbuch (New Book of Flowers) by Maria Sibylla Merian, published in 1680
Surinaamsche Insecten, Insects of SurinamPlate 57 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium of te Verandering der Surinaamsche Insecten by Maria Sibylla Merian
Strombus pugilis, West Indian fighting conchPlate 854 by Martin Lister from his Historia Conchylorium, 1685-1692
Palliseden bonnFrom Plate 11 Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium of de Verandering der Surinaamsche Insecten (1705) by Maria Sibylla Merian
Dodo, peacocks and turkeysPlate XXVII from Francies Willughbys ornithologi libri tres : in quibus Aves omnes hactenus cognit... describuntur... Totum opus recognovit, di gessit, supplevit J. Raius, &c, 1676