19th Century Collection (#71)

Malas domestica, apple (Wormsley Pippin Apple)

Vitis sp. grape (The Raisin de Carmes)
Plate 10 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Nuphar luteum, yellow pond lily
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1906. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 115

Prunus sp. apricot (The Moor Park Apricot)
Plate 9 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Rhododendron sp. rhododendron
Plate 30 from The Rhododendrons (1818) by Joseph Hooker (1817-1911). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Prunus sp. plum (La Royale Plum)
Plate 47 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Prunus persica, peach (La Noblesse Peach)
Plate 2 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

William Bean (1787-1866)
Portrait of William Bean, a British geologist. From Monograph of the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of the British Isles

Morning glory with butterflies
An illustration from John Reeves Collection of Entomological Drawings (Bound)

Spider and beetles illustration
From the John Reeves Collection of Entomological Drawings (Bound)

Butterflies and flowers
An illustration from the John Reeves Collection of Entomological Drawings (Bound)

Morning Glory with butterflies & dragonfly
An illustration from the John Reeves Collection of Entomological Drawings (Bound)

Crossing the [Sebaque] River
Sketch 16 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines (1820-1875)

Our wagon capsised on climbing out from Hout Bosch Raand- Natal. Sketch 2 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines (1820-1875)

Plate 98 from Illustrations of Indian Zoology by John Edward
Plate 98 from Illustrations of Indian Zoology, Vol. 2 by John Edward Gray, (1833)

Lo Bengulu King-elect of the Matabeliland
En Famille. November 1869 Sketch 74 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines (1820-1875)

Village of Tabooka Mashona petty chief

Hunting at Meritsane (Plate 51 / 52)
An illustration by Captain (later Sir) William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled though South Africa

Beauties of Flora
Plate 8 from The Beauties of Flora 1820, by Samuel Curtis (1779-1860). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

The first Cagila in Southern Africa
As described by an eyewitness. (Children being transported illegally) Sept 1870. Sketch 47 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1820-1875)

No. 1 Wagon, South African Gold Field
Expedition & of Mr Hartley & the hunters nr camp of Sir John Swinburne N. of Um Vuli River. Sketch 26 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines (1820-1875)

Rallus aquaticus, water rail
Plate facing page 34 in M.S. Notes for John Goulds The Birds of Europe, Vol. 6, (1832-37)

Krakatoa in eruption
Krakatoa during an early stage of the eruption. Plate 1 from The Eruption of Krakatoa (1888) by G. J. Symons

Raphael Blanchard (1857-1919)
Portrait of Raphael Blanchard, a French botanist. From Archives de Parasitologie Tome XVI No 4, 31 October 1919

Agrotidae, moths and caterpillars
Plate 35, an illustration of a variety of moths and caterpillars from European Butterflies & Moths by William Forsell Kirby (1844-1912), 1882

Ancient Wrasse - Frontispiece from the Aquarium
Frontispiece from The Aquarium: an unveiling of the wonders of the deep sea by Philip Henry Gosse (1854). Annotated The Ancient Wrasse

Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899)
Portrait of Othniel Charles Marsh, a vertabrate palaeontologist

Calliactis parasitica, parasitic anemone, Pagurus bernhardus
Plate 4 from The Aquarium: an unveiling of the wonders of the deep sea by Philip Henry Gosse (1854)

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Title Page of On The Origin of Species by means of natural selection, or, the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life (1859) by Charles Darwin

Iguanodon teeth
Some original Iguanodon teeth found by Dr. and Mrs. Mantell. The tooth on the right is 5.3cm long as preserved. Iguanodon was a large plant eater with cheek teeth for grinding vegetation

Corvus corax, northern raven
Watercolour by Archibald Thorburn c.(1885-97)

Porphyrio coerulescens, Reunion gallinule
Watercolour by John Gerrard Keulemans c. 1905

Uria lomvia, Brunnichs guillemot, U. aalge, guillemot
Watecolour by Archilbald Thornburn

Pica pica, common magpie
Watercolour by John Gerrard Keulemans (c. 1896)

Phalacrocorax perspicillatus, spectacled cormorant
Watercolour of by John Gerrard Keulemans (c. 1905)

Thalassarche bulleri, Bullers albatross, T. salvini, Salvin
Watercolour by John Gerrard Keulemans (c. 1887-1905)

Eudyptes robustus, snares penguin, E. pachyrhynchus, Fiordla
Watercolour by John Gerrard Keulemans (c. 1887-1905)

Anser brachyhynchus, pink-footed goose
Watercolour and ink by John Gould (c. 1865). An example of a prelliminary work by Gould in preparation for an illustration which would be published in one of his books

Nycticryphes semicollaris, South American painted snipe
Watercolour and pencil by Elizabeth Gould (c. 1835), this was drawn from a specimen held by the Zoological Society of London

Columba livia, Jjacobine pigeon (domestic)
Watercolour by Edward Lear (c. 1835), Charles Darwin estimated that there were 150 different species of domestic pigeons

Grus anigone, Sarus crane eggs
Gouache by an unknown artist, (c. 1830-40). Part of the Jardine Collection

Heterophasia gracilis, grey sibia
A gouache by Khuleelooddeen, (c. 1830-40). Originally published in William Jardines Contributions to Ornithology, 1853. Part of the Jardine Collection

Alcedo hercules, great blue kingfisher
An illustration by an unknown artist, (c. 1830-40). Part of the Jardine Collection

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