Angiosperm Collection (page 4)

Cocos nucifera L. coconut tree
A drawing by Paul Hermann from the collection of five volumes of specimens and drawings from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1672-1677. (Vol. 5 Page 137)

Pollard Weeping Willow
Plate 31 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty Two Species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. The series was originally issued in 1771

A Mussoorie Specimen of the common Toad of all India
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952

Phragmites australis (Cav. ), common reed
A herbarium sheet containing Phragmites australis (Cav.), a common reed which grows in wetlands throughout the America, Europe and parts of Asia. This specimen is from Panama

Ananas comosus (pineapple) & Philaethria dido
Pineapple tree (Ananas comosus) with butterfly, caterpillar & crysalis (Philaethria dido). Plate 2 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)

Handpainted plate by Maria Sibylla Merian
Illustration from Neues Blumenbuch (New Book of Flowers) by Maria Sibylla Merian, published in 1680

Rhynchoglossum obliquum
Engraving by Franz Bauer from a drawing by Ferdinand Bauer, published in Plantae javanicae raroriores (1838)

Lanius ludovicianus, loggerhead shrike
Plate 57 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Toxostoma rufum, brown thrasher
Plate 116 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Corvus brachyrhynchos, American crow
Plate 156 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Plant Illustration
Plate 916 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Amorphophallus bulbifer, voodoo lily
Plate 1109 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Ficus glomerata, doomar or gular
Plate 532 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Viola tricolor, heartsease
Folio 62 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Gentiana sp. purple gentian
Illustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Butterfly studies
A plate from a field note book of Rose Monteiro depicting butterfly studies

Dacelo novaeguineae, laughing kookaburra
Drawing No. 57, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Papaver somniferum, Opium poppy
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church in 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Crocus sativa, saffron
Plate 93 from Botanicum Medicinale (1759) by Timothy Sheldrake. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Cirtus paradisi, grapefruit
Tab 66 from Histoire naturelle des Orangers 1818-1820 by Antoine Risso. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This illustration is entitled Pompelmouse chadec

Primula vulgaris, common primrose
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. By William Kilburn (1745-1818)

Acer campestre L. field or Engliah maple
Sketch 1 from a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Prunus sp. nectarine (Vermash Nectarine)
Plate 29 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Corynocarpus laevigatus, karaka tree
Finished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Rosa indica (chinensis), China rose
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33. Illustration entitled Rosier Bengale the hymenee

Prunus cerasus, sour cherry tree
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33

Austalian estrildid finches
An illustration by M. W. Woodcock of some Australian estrildids, published in Derek Goodwins Estrildid Finches of the World (1982). Page 96, Plate 2

Tulipa sp. tulips
Watercolour on paper, 1800s by Maria Geertruida Barbiers (nee Snabilie) (1773-1838). From the Dutch collection of Botanical drawings. Held in the Library and Archives

Purple-throated hummingbirds, male
In a fascinating example of sexual dimorphism and plant-animal relationships: the male hummingbird with a larger body and short

Alcedo athhis, common kingfisher
Watercolour by Charles F. Tunnicliffe (c. 1973)

Banksia speciosa, showy banksia
Plate 140 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Lambertia formosa, honey flower
Finished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Areca sp
Plate 987 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Juglands nigra, black walnut
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Megalaima zeylanica, brown-headed barbet
Plate 28, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Agapanthus, lily of the Nile

Crinoids
Criniods lived during the Lower Jurassic period. Their modern equivalents include echinoderms such as seaurchins, starfish and sea cucumbers

Lambertia formosa, mountain devil
Engraving by Daniel Mackenzie from a drawing by Ferdinand Bauer, made in 1796, from herbarium material sent to Lambert by Henry de Ponthieu from the West Indies

Hyoscyamus niger, black henbane
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Strelitzia reginae, bird of paradise
Engraving by Phelippeaux after a painting from Choix Des Plus Belles Fleurs by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840)

Vermivora bachmanii, Bachmans warbler
Plate 185 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Alnus glutinosa (W. ) DCXXXI, alder
An illustration of an alder tree, fruit and foliage from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection

Geranium phaeum, mourning widow geranium
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1909. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Entomyzon cyanotis, blue-faced honeyeater
Drawing No. 49, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Fumaria officinalis, fumitory
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaya tree
Etching taken from Histoire generale des Antilles habitees par les Francois by Jean Baptiste Du Tertre. Shows two Adam and Eve type figures and papaya tree

Carpinus betulus, hornbeam
Sketch 244 from the Ehret Collection of Sketches (unbound) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Sorbier des olseleurs
Plate 20 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles, Vol 16, 1870

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