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18th Century Collection (#28)

Background image18th Century Collection: Mycteria americana, wood stork

Mycteria americana, wood stork
Plate 81, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Arenaria interpres, ruddy turnstone

Arenaria interpres, ruddy turnstone
Plate 72, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Rallus limicola, Virginian rail

Rallus limicola, Virginian rail
Plate 70, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Myrmecocichla nigra, sooty chat

Myrmecocichla nigra, sooty chat
Plate 68, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Dumetella carolinensis, gray catbird

Dumetella carolinensis, gray catbird
Plate 66, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Parula americana, northern parula

Parula americana, northern parula
Plate 64, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Dendroica pinus, pine warbler

Dendroica pinus, pine warbler
Plate 61, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Coereba flaveola bahamensis, bananaquit

Coereba flaveola bahamensis, bananaquit
Plate 59, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Dendroica coronata, yellow-rumped warbler

Dendroica coronata, yellow-rumped warbler
Plate 58, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Piranga rubra, summer tanager

Piranga rubra, summer tanager
Plate 56, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Tyrannus tyrannus, eastern kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus, eastern kingbird
Plate 55, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Empidonax atriceps, black-capped flycatcher

Empidonax atriceps, black-capped flycatcher
Plate 53, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Sayornis phoebe, eastern phoebe, Vireo olivaceus, red-eyed v

Sayornis phoebe, eastern phoebe, Vireo olivaceus, red-eyed v
Plate 54, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Icteria virens, yellow-breasted Chat

Icteria virens, yellow-breasted Chat
Plate 50, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Farancia sp. mud snake

Farancia sp. mud snake
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled Wampum Snake

Background image18th Century Collection: Portrait of an Aboriginal man decorated for a funeral ceremo

Portrait of an Aboriginal man decorated for a funeral ceremo
Drawing 44 from the Watling Collection titled A Moo.bee Ornamented after a Burial with a Club of great / size over the Shoulder by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Background image18th Century Collection: Podargus strigoides, tawny frogmouth

Podargus strigoides, tawny frogmouth
Watercolour 296 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Great-headed Goatsucker

Background image18th Century Collection: Eye-sketch of the harbour of Port Jackson

Eye-sketch of the harbour of Port Jackson
Drawing LS 2 from the Watling Collection titled New South Wales, Port Jackson from the entrance up to Sydney Cove, taken in October 1788 by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788

Background image18th Century Collection: Dendroica magnolia (Wilson), magnolia warbler

Dendroica magnolia (Wilson), magnolia warbler
Drawing 64 (Ewan 2) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background image18th Century Collection: Raper drawing No. 22

Raper drawing No. 22
The melancholy loss of His Majestys Ship Sirius, wrecked on Norfolk Island. By George Raper, 1790

Background image18th Century Collection: Xipholena punicea, pompadour cotinga

Xipholena punicea, pompadour cotinga
Plate 341, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 3 (1764)

Background image18th Century Collection: Cyanocitta cristata, blue jay

Cyanocitta cristata, blue jay
Plate 15, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Alyogyne hakeifolia

Alyogyne hakeifolia

Background image18th Century Collection: Collinsonia canadensis, horse weed

Collinsonia canadensis, horse weed
A hand written description of horse weed from Flora Nov Eboracensis, part of the the Banks Collection. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background image18th Century Collection: Volute shell

Volute shell
Watercolour 389 by Thomas Watling, entitled Gung a rong, from the Watling Collection

Background image18th Century Collection: Junco hyemalis, dark-eyed junco

Junco hyemalis, dark-eyed junco
Plate 36, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: A view of the coastline to the south of Botany Bay

A view of the coastline to the south of Botany Bay
Drawing 5 from the Watling Collection titled A View of the Land to the Southward of Botany Bay with the Entrance of the Harbour by John Hunter, 1790-1797

Background image18th Century Collection: Turdrus viscivorus, mistle thrush nest and eggs

Turdrus viscivorus, mistle thrush nest and eggs
Plate 4 from James Boltons third edition of Harmonia Ruralis: or an essay towards a natural history of British Song Birds, Vol.1, (1845)

Background image18th Century Collection: Butorides virescens, green heron

Butorides virescens, green heron
Plate 80, hand coloured etching from Mark Catesbys The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands... Vol. 1. (1731-43)

Background image18th Century Collection: Natives fishing in their Canoe, Port Jackson

Natives fishing in their Canoe, Port Jackson

Background image18th Century Collection: Larus pacificus, pacific gull

Larus pacificus, pacific gull
Watercolour 343 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled Pacific Gull, Troo-gad-dill

Background image18th Century Collection: Detail of bird beaks

Detail of bird beaks
Plate 281, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 2 (1760). Annotated Four curious beaks of birds but little known

Background image18th Century Collection: Callistemon linearifolius, bottlebrush

Callistemon linearifolius, bottlebrush
Drawing 436 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Background image18th Century Collection: Thyrsites atun, barracuda & Albula vulpes, vulpis

Thyrsites atun, barracuda & Albula vulpes, vulpis
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Crotalus adamanteus, eastern diamondback rattlesnake

Crotalus adamanteus, eastern diamondback rattlesnake
Drawing 60 (Ewan 50) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Background image18th Century Collection: Crotalus sp. brown viper

Crotalus sp. brown viper

Background image18th Century Collection: Grus canadensis pratenis, Florida sandhill crane

Grus canadensis pratenis, Florida sandhill crane
Drawing 3 (Ewan 30) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Background image18th Century Collection: Gymnothorax funebris, green moray

Gymnothorax funebris, green moray
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Spider illustration

Spider illustration
Drawing 403 from the Watling Collection titled Murraragan by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Background image18th Century Collection: Charadrius vociferus, kildeer

Charadrius vociferus, kildeer
Plate 71, hand coloured etching from Mark Catesbys The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands... Vol. 1. (1731-43)

Background image18th Century Collection: Podilymbus podiceps, pied-billed grebe

Podilymbus podiceps, pied-billed grebe
Plate 91, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Plate 26 from Mineralogie Volume 1 (1790)

Plate 26 from Mineralogie Volume 1 (1790)
Spath calcaire incruste de pirites Cuivreuses. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.1 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Background image18th Century Collection: A partial view of Sydney Cove

A partial view of Sydney Cove
Drawing 14 from the Watling Collection titled A partial view of Sydney Cove taken from the Sea side before the Surgeon Generals House by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Background image18th Century Collection: Fishing scene in a harbour landscape

Fishing scene in a harbour landscape
Drawing 29 from the Watling Collection titled A New South Wales native sticking fish while his wife is employed fishing with hooks and lines in her canoe by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Background image18th Century Collection: Acacia longifolia, Sydney golden wattle

Acacia longifolia, Sydney golden wattle
Drawing 461 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797. Illustration entitled Mimosa

Background image18th Century Collection: Megaceryle alcyon, belted kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon, belted kingfisher
Plate 69, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background image18th Century Collection: Todiramphus sanctus, sacred kingfisher

Todiramphus sanctus, sacred kingfisher
Watercolour 160 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Sacred Kingfisher

Background image18th Century Collection: Acrobates pygmaeus, pygmy glider

Acrobates pygmaeus, pygmy glider
Marsupial, Flying Squirrel or Mouse. Drawing 86, possibly by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c. 1797, held at the Natural History Museum



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