19th Century Collection (#68)

Notes on birds in Macassar
Manuscript notes on the hornbill bird (Buceros cassidix), undated, circa 1856

Mouth of the river Santa Cruz, map
Map (p.338 - 339), from Charles Darwins Narrative of the voyages of HM Ships Adventure and Beagle part 2, 1839

Cissa sp
Plate RZD010, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Various fruits
Plate 1055 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Plant illustration from the Reeves collections
Plate 235 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Elaeocarpus sp
Plate 185 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Huperzia phlegmaria, tassel fern
Plate 1043 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Okapia johnstoni, okapi
Strips of hide from an okapi skin obtained in 1900 by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston (1858-1927), High Commissioner of Uganda

Tommaso Salvadori working on flamingoes c. 1890
Tommaso Salvadori working on flamingoes c.1890

The Museum from Cromwell Road, c. 1880
After the Great Exhibition of 1851, land between Cromwell Road and Hyde Park had been set aside to create a centre for science and arts. The Museums foundation stone was laid here in 1873

Dr Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852)
Gideon Algernon Mantell, L.L.D. F.R.S. &c. Fossil collector, geologist and surgeon

Watercolour drawing of the Natural History Museum, London
A watercolour of one of the galleries designed by the architect Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905)

Enicurus maculatus, spotted forktail
Plate 68 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 4, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

William Buckland (1784-1856)
Print annotated in pencil Dr Buckland Dean of Westminster. Buckland was an English geologist and palaeontologist, who wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur

Harpactes ardens, Philippine trogon
Plate 39, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or Family of Trogons, (1838)

John Reeves (1774-1856)
Portrait of John Reeves, a British naturalist. Miniature oil painting, artist unknown, c. 1815. Original held at the Natural History Museum, London

Mary Ann Mantell
Portrait of Mary Ann Mantell, the daughter of G E Woodhouse and wife of Dr Gideon Mantell. She is commonly thought to have found the first Iguanodon tooth in 1822

Lophura bulweri, Bulwers pheasant
Plate 13 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Ptilinopus wallacii, Wallaces fruit-dove
Plate 55 from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea, Vol. 5 (1875-88). Hand coloured lithograph

Main entrance and Cromwell Road facade of the Natural Histor
Front entrance and Cromwell Road facade of the Waterhouse building designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905). The Museum opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Chrysolophus amherstiae, Lady Amhersts pheasant
Plate 20 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Merremia cf. umbellata, morning glory
Plate 1027 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Woodward Bernard Barham (1853-1930)
Mr Woodward Bernard Barham, a librarian (seated right) and his staff. Barham worked in the General Library at the Natural History Museum, London. 1909

Rousselet hatif, pear
Pears plate no 3 from Pomona Franconica Vol 3 1776 by J Mayer

Violaeoides
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 1905. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 167

Lophura swinhoii, Swinhoes pheasant
Plate 16 hand coloured lithograph by John Gould and Richard Bowdler Sharpe from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol.7, (1850-83)

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913)
Portrait from a daguerrotype. Wallace was an English naturalist and explorer

Erodium hymenodes, herons bill
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1908. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Periphylla periphylla, helmet jellyfish
Coloured drawing by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912), made on 1 August 1902 during the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic, 1901-1904. Jellyfish found in the McMurdo Strait

Leptonychotes weddellii, Weddell seal
Mother Weddell seal with pup. Folio 1906. Ref. Z88fw. Watercolour by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) from reports of the Discovery Expedition to Antarctica, 1901-1904. Folio 1906. Ref. Z88fw

Pandanus sp. screw pine
Plate 883 from the John Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Typhonium roxburghii
Plate 1116 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Batrachostomos auritas, large frogmouth
Plate from John Goulds Icones Avium, or figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of Birds from various parts of the globe, Vol.2 (1837-1838)

Clytus arietis, wasp beetle
A wasp beetle (Clytus arietis) visiting bramble flowers in England

Impatiens wallerana, busy lizzie
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 214

Main Entrance of the Natural History Museum
The main entrance illuminated for an evening function at the Natural History Museum, London

Notes made by Darwin
On a collection of coral specimens he collected during a study of reefs in 1836 at the Cocos Islands (formerly the Keeling Islands) in the Indian Ocean

Appias nero, orange albatross butterfly
Photograph of a mounted specimen of an orange albatross butterfly collected by Wallace from Sarawak, Borneo

Detail view of beast designed by Alfred Waterhouse for The W
Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Ptilodictya lanceolata (Goldfuss), bryozoan
Curved-shaped frond of a fossil cryptostome bryozoan on a block with a brachiopod. Specimen originates from the Silurian Wenlock Limestone, Dudley, West Midlands

Methona themisto, bates butterfly
Photograph of a mounted Bates butterfly specimen of (Patia orise), formerly called (Leptalis orise). Specimen collected at Tapajos, Amazon

Narathura eumolphus, female green oakblue
A female green oakblue butterfly specimen collected by Wallace during an expedition in Sumatra

Detail view of beast - designed by Alfred Waterhouse for The
Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Ursus americanus, American black bear
Ursus Americanus, Cinnamon Bear (Male and Female). Plate 127 from from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 3, 1848, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)

Ursus arctos, grizzly bear
Ursus-Ferox (Lewis & Clark), Grizzly Bear (Males). Plate 131 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 3, 1848, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)

Rangifer tarandus, caribou

Odocoileus virginianus leucurus, Columbian white-tailed deer
Cervus Leucurus (Douglass), Long-Tailed Deer (Male). Plate 118 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 3, 1848, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)

Leopardus pardalis, ocelot
Felis pardalis (Linnaeus), Ocelot or Leopard-Cat (Male). Plate 86 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 2, 1846, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)

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