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Alba Collection

Background imageAlba Collection: Silk moth and silkworm, Bombyx mori, on mulberry

Silk moth and silkworm, Bombyx mori, on mulberry leaves, Morus alba. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van

Background imageAlba Collection: White willow or golden willow, Salix alba

White willow or golden willow, Salix alba. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Background imageAlba Collection: A Barn Owl

A Barn Owl (Tyto alba), perched on a gnarled old branch. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageAlba Collection: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Duchesse

GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Duchesse of Alba. 1795. SPAIN. Madrid. Liria Palace. Oil on canvas

Background imageAlba Collection: Charles V

Charles V
RUBENS, Peter Paul (1577-1640). The Emperor Charles V and the Empress Isabella. 1628. Copy of the original portrait by Titian destroyed in the fire at the Alcạ r of Madrid in 1734

Background imageAlba Collection: White mustard, Sinapis alba

White mustard, Sinapis alba. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Background imageAlba Collection: Fairy lantern, Calochortus albus

Fairy lantern, Calochortus albus (Cyclobothra alba). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Background imageAlba Collection: Strelitzia alba, white bird of paradise

Strelitzia alba, white bird of paradise
Taken from Water-colour Drawings of Plants from South Africa, Canaries, Azores, West Indies and Two Views of Niagra, Francis Masson 1770-1798 Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum

Background imageAlba Collection: Yellow lotus, white water lily and leaf-footed bugs

Yellow lotus, white water lily and leaf-footed bugs
Yellow lotus, Nelumbo lutea 1, leaf-footed bugs, Anisoscelis foliaceus 2 and Anoplocnemis curvipes 3, and white water lily, Nymphaea alba 4. Nelumbo, Nematope, Nenuphar

Background imageAlba Collection: Pizarro statue in Trujilo

Pizarro statue in Trujilo
A Statue of the Spanish Conqueror of Peru, Don Francisco Pizarro, the Work of the American Sculptor C Rumsey. Presented by the duke of Alba and the marquis de Zianna to the town of Trujilo in Spain

Background imageAlba Collection: Marshal Soult on a white horse outside the town of Alba de Tormes, near Salamanca, Spain

Marshal Soult on a white horse outside the town of Alba de Tormes, near Salamanca, Spain, an orderly on foot behind him, in preparation for an attack on Anglo-Portuguese forces stationed there

Background imageAlba Collection: Tufted titmouse, northern mockingbird and ovenbird

Tufted titmouse, northern mockingbird and ovenbird
Tufted titmouse, Baeolophus bicolor, northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos and ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla. Tufted titmouse 1, mocking-bird 2 and oven-bird 3

Background imageAlba Collection: Purple-stained laelia orchid, Cattleya purpurata

Purple-stained laelia orchid, Cattleya purpurata (Laelia purpurata). Chromolithograph from an illustration by B. Herincq from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne

Background imageAlba Collection: Rocket, Hesperis matronalis

Rocket, Hesperis matronalis. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Background imageAlba Collection: Lime tree or linden tree, Tilia alba

Lime tree or linden tree, Tilia alba. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Background imageAlba Collection: Lesser bulrush, Typha angustifolia

Lesser bulrush, Typha angustifolia. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Background imageAlba Collection: Birch tree (Betula alba)

Birch tree (Betula alba). Date: 1842

Background imageAlba Collection: White stork, Ciconia ciconia

White stork, Ciconia ciconia (Ciconia alba). Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842

Background imageAlba Collection: Mulberry leaf and silkworm, Bombyx mori

Mulberry leaf and silkworm, Bombyx mori
Silkworm moth, Bombyx mori, caterpillar and pupa with mulberry leaf, Morus alba I. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Maria Sibylla Merian from De Europischen Insecten, J.F. Bernard, Amsterdam

Background imageAlba Collection: Viper grass, lettuce and catananche species

Viper grass, lettuce and catananche species
Purple viper grass, Scorzonera purpurea, perennial lettuce, Lactuca perennis, blue catananche, Catananche caerulea, serrated-leaved chaetanthera, Chaetanthera serrata, and white prenanthes

Background imageAlba Collection: Rafnia and Baptisia species

Rafnia and Baptisia species
Three-flowered rafnia, Rafnia triflora, Baptisia australis, and white baptisia, Baptisia alba. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs

Background imageAlba Collection: Correa species

Correa species
White correa, Correa alba, pretty, Correa pulchella, showy, Correa speciosa, and long-flowered, Correa longiflora. Handfinished chromolithograph by Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon

Background imageAlba Collection: Milk thistle, Silybum marianum, and Scotch

Milk thistle, Silybum marianum, and Scotch thistle, Onopordum acanthium. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageAlba Collection: Whitethorn or hawthorn tree, Spina alba?

Whitethorn or hawthorn tree, Spina alba? Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageAlba Collection: Caper tree, mulberry and raspberry

Caper tree, mulberry and raspberry
Caper tree, Capparis spinosa, mulberry, Morus alba, and raspberry, Rubus idaeus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Background imageAlba Collection: Red cabbage and white cabbage

Red cabbage and white cabbage
Red cabbage, Brassica oleracea convar. capitata var. rubra, and white cabbage, Brassica oleracea convar. capitata var. alba

Background imageAlba Collection: Sweet violet, Viola purpurea, and dames violet

Sweet violet, Viola purpurea, and dames violet, Matthiola incana. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageAlba Collection: White water lily, Nymphaea alba, and yellow

White water lily, Nymphaea alba, and yellow water lily, Nuphar lutea. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageAlba Collection: White mustard, Sinapis alba, and hedge mustard

White mustard, Sinapis alba, and hedge mustard, Sisymbrium officinale. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageAlba Collection: White wormwood, Artemisia herba-alba

White wormwood, Artemisia herba-alba, and wild chamomile, Matricaria discoidea. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Background imageAlba Collection: Japanese quince blossom, Chaenomeles japonica

Japanese quince blossom, Chaenomeles japonica (Pyrus japonica alba). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, London, 1821

Background imageAlba Collection: White Cattleya x elegans hybrid orchid

White Cattleya x elegans hybrid orchid (Laelia elegans var. alba). Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1884

Background imageAlba Collection: White skate (endangered) and devil ray

White skate (endangered) and devil ray
White skate, Rostroraja alba (endangered) 1, 2, and devil ray, Mobula mobular 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by V. Plee Jr

Background imageAlba Collection: Dammar gum tree, Agathis dammara

Dammar gum tree, Agathis dammara (Dammara alba). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Background imageAlba Collection: European silver fir, Abies alba

European silver fir, Abies alba. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Background imageAlba Collection: White wagtail and western yellow wagtail

White wagtail and western yellow wagtail
White wagtail, Motacilla alba 1, 2, egg 4, and western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava 3, egg 5. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Background imageAlba Collection: European white water lily, Nymphaea alba

European white water lily, Nymphaea alba, Nymphea blanc.Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Background imageAlba Collection: Black-berried white bryony, Bryonia alba

Black-berried white bryony, Bryonia alba. Handcoloured lithograph by Henry Sowerby after an illustration by Edward Hamilton from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Background imageAlba Collection: Barn owl, Tyto alba, and eider duck, Somateria mollissima

Barn owl, Tyto alba, and eider duck, Somateria mollissima. Handcoloured steel engraving by Adolph Fries after an illustration by A

Background imageAlba Collection: Saddleback clownfish and white worm lizard

Saddleback clownfish and white worm lizard
Amphicoma scullelata 1, saddleback clownfish, Amphiprion polymnus 2 and white worm lizard, Amphisbaena alba 3. Amphiprion laticlavius Amphicome, Amphiprion, Amphisbene

Background imageAlba Collection: White waterlily, Nymphaea alba

White waterlily, Nymphaea alba. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London, 1816

Background imageAlba Collection: White cockatoo (endangered) and yellow-crested cockatoo

White cockatoo (endangered) and yellow-crested cockatoo
White cockatoo, Cacatua alba (endangered) and yellow-crested cockatoo, Cacatua sulphurea (critically endangered). Handcoloured lithograph from Th

Background imageAlba Collection: Pachira alba

Pachira alba (White carolinea, Carolinea alba). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Miss Maund from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Background imageAlba Collection: Mustard and tarragon

Mustard and tarragon
White mustard, Sinapis alba 1, and tarragon or estragon, Artemisia dracunculus 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Background imageAlba Collection: Bottlenose skate and electric rays

Bottlenose skate and electric rays
Endangered bottlenose skate, Rostroraja alba, dorsal 1, ventral 2, eyed electric ray, Torpedo torpedo 3, and marbled electric ray, Torpedo marmorata 4

Background imageAlba Collection: Koala, Tasmanian devil, thylacine and white phalanger

Koala, Tasmanian devil, thylacine and white phalanger
Koala, Phascolarctos cinereus 1, Phascolarctos koala, endangered Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii 2, Didelphis ursina, extinct Tasmanian tiger or thylacine, Thylacinus cynocephalus 3

Background imageAlba Collection: White wood or wild cinnamon, Canella winterana

White wood or wild cinnamon, Canella winterana (Canella alba). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants

Background imageAlba Collection: White oak or valley oak, Quercus alba

White oak or valley oak, Quercus alba. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880



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