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Turdus sp. thrush chicksPlate 121 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Pyrus sp. pear
Alcedo atthis, common kingfisherPlate 61 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 2 (1925)
Prunus sp. (4) yellow clingstone peach (5) madeleine peachIllustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Alberge jaune, Madeleine blan
Goat designDrawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881
Cibus apella, brown sajouDrawing 37 Vol 2 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the panel over doorway in the South East gallery, first floor of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875
Somatera mollissma, common eiderPlate 7 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Dicauem erthyrothorax, Leptochoma sperata, Cinnyris spPlate 30 from Louis-Isidore Duperreys Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, (1826). From drawings made during his voyage to Chile, Peru, Polynesia, Indoneasia
Gentian sp. gentianPlate 97 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Gallus sonneratii, grey junglefowl, G. gallus bankiva, red jPlate 69, lithograph by K.I. Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der V -Gattungen, (1831-1833)
Prunus serotina, large wild black cherryIllustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Grosse Merise noir
Prionailurus euptilura, Amur leopard cat
Mazama canepestris guaszutiDrawing 61 Vol 1 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s
Mus darwinii, Darwins mousePlate 23 Illustration by John Gould (1804-1881) from The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Vol. 1 Part 2 Mammalia, 1838-1839, by Charles Darwin
Nuphar lutea ssp. Advena, spatter-docDrawing 8/1 made in 1904 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 102
Anemone hepatica, liverleafDrawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1905. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Mespilus sp. large black medlarIllustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Grosse Neffle domestique cultive ou noire
LionDrawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881
Uncia uncia, snow leopardFelis uncia. Plate from A Monograph of the Felidae, or Family of the Cats, 1833, by Daniel Giraud Elliot. Illustrated with 43 hand-coloured lithographs from watercolour drawings by Joseph Wolf
Prunus gondouinii, duke cherryIllustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg
Sylvia atricapilla, blackcap, Luscinia megarhynchos, commonPlate 11 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)
Glycine max, soybeanIllustration of the soybean plant, part of the John Fleming Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Mammals, birds & leavesDrawing 33 Vol 1 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation for the annulet of shaft in the entrance hall of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875
Gladiolus sp. corn flagPlate 159 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Milvus milvus, red kitePlate 13 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Accipiter nisus, Eurasian sparrowhawkPlate 81 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 2 (1925)
Mimulus cardinalis, crimson monkeyflowerDrawing 115 made in 1903 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Lepus timideus, hare designPencil sketch for the terracotta decoration of the Natural History Museum, London by Alfred Waterhouse 1874-1879. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s
Santa Cruz, Tenerife 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Cetacea (order), whalePlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Chaeropus ecaudatus, pig-footed bandicootsPencil and chalk drawing by John Gould (1804-1881) c. 1845
Barkham Manor drive, PiltdownView looking down Barkham Manor drive, c. 1930, with Woodward in the foreground. This photograph is believed to have been taken by Lady Woodward or her daughter Mrs Margaret Hodgson
Melastoma melabathricum, pink glory bushPlate 1148 from the Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Sciurus vulgaris, red squirrelRed squirrel skins. Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Ibidorhyncha struthersii, ibisbillPlate 82, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal
Neomys fodiens, Eurasian water shrewPlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
John Thomas Tunney (1871-1929)Photograph of the late J.T. Tunney from The Emu, Volume 38, 1954, Plate 39. Tunney was an ornithologist who in 1902-1903 collected specimens for Lord Rothschild
Pezophaps solitaria, Rodrigues solitairePlate number 512 c by Richard Owen drawn from a male skeleton specimen at Cambridge university.This giant flightless pigeon was the closest relative of the dodo, it was native to Rodrigues Island
Amazilia violiceps, violet-crowned hummingbirdPlate 285, hand coloured lithograph from A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861) by John Gould
Letter addressed to Lord RothschildPaula the Famous Reptile Conqueror letter writing paper. The sensational attraction of the Royal Aquarium, London. The only act of its kind in the world
A view of Funchel from the West, Madeira 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Meles meles, Eurasian badgerPlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
House buried by travelling sand, Bermuda 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Phascolarctos cinereus, koalaIllustration from The Mammals of Australia (1863) by John Gould
Nyctalus leisleri, lesser noctulePlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Cladhymenia oblongifoliaPlate CXXVII from The Botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, Volume 2 (1847), by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
Australasia book coverFront cover of Australasia by Alfred Russel Wallace, 1893
Panterpe insignis, fiery-throated hummingbirdPlate 336, hand coloured lithograph from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861)