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A fine ripe Pomelo, peeled and cut ornamentally for tableWatercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952
Amaryllis vittata, amaryllisIllustration No.3 by Peter Brown, c. 1760s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Cattleya skinneri, English orchidPlate 13 from Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala (1837-1843) by James Bateman. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Magnolia virginiana, North American sweet bayIllustration No.4 by Peter Brown, c. 1760s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Melissa officinalis, lemon balmA painting from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Garcinia mangostana, mangosteenPlate 648 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Nyrustuca moschata, nutmegIllustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Tropaeolum majus, nasturtiumDrawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Sesamum indicum, sesame plantIllustration from the Botany Library held at the Natural History Museum, London
Protea nitida, wagon treePlate 85 from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Tragopan melanocephala, western tragopanPlate 23 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Orange de Malte, Maltese blood orangeTab 13 from Histoire Naturelle des Orangers 1818 by Antoine Risso (1777-1845). Picture shows a close-up of the whole orange
Silybum marianum, milk thistleIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Chardon Marie
Banksia serrata, old man banksiaFinished 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
Ceratagymna elata, yellow-casqued hornbillWatercolour and gouache John Gerrard Keulemans
Pachira aquatica, Malabar or Guyana chestnutWatercolour by Robert Schomburgk, 1840s Date: 1840
Stylidium scandens, climbing trigger plantPlate 82 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Gracula religiosa indica, lesser hill mynaPlate 73, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Linum usitatissimum, flaxIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Upupa epops, common hoopoePlate 55, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Jasminum nudiflorum, winter jasmineIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Thespesia populnea, portia treeFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Piper methysticum, kavaFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Piper inebrians
Licuala spPlate 981 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Crex crex, corncrakePlate 87 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Carduelis flammea cabaret, lesser redpollPlate 52 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Strelitzia spWatercolour by Ralph Stennett, 1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Salix caprea, goat willow treeAn illustrative plate of goat willow foliage and catkins from the Botany Library Plate Collection, held at the Natural History Museum, London
Oenothera parviflora L. & Oenothera biennis LNorthern evening-primrose and common evening-primrose by John Miller, first published in Figures of the most beautiful, useful
Iris sp. blue irisFolio 67 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Tulipa sp. various tulipsFolio 44 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Macropus giganteus, eastern gray kangaroo and Xanthorrhoea sGum-plant, and Kangooroo of New Holland. Drawing 56 By George Raper, 1789
Strelitzia reginae, golden bird of paradise
Cordia sebestena, geiger treeEngraving from Natural History of Jamaica Tab 164 by Sir Hans Sloane. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Tilia albaIllustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Citrus medica, limeIllustrations of various lime varieties (Citrus medica), Pati Limoo; Hakagi Limoo; Gora Limoo; Chaen-gori Limoo; Kumural Limoo; Nature of Runjhore; Tablha Limoo
Regulus regulus, goldcrest nest and eggsPlate 66 from James Boltons third edition of Harmonia Ruralis: or an essay towards a natural history of British Song Birds, Vol.2, (1845)
Tea estate, Sri LankaAustralian coral tree in a tea estate in Agrapatana, Sri Lanka. Photographed by Harry Taylor
Macrocystis pyrifera, giant kelpGiant kelp, also known as kelp forest, seaweed and sea grass. Specimen annotated as Macrocystis pirifera from South Africa, held at the Natural History Museum, London
Crocus sativus, saffronPlate 25 from Le Regne Vegetal. Vol 10 Flore Medicale Atlas 3 (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Indigofera tinctora, indigoIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Saccharum officinarum, sugar caneAn iconographic image of a sugar cane plant, set enlarged within a landscape. Plate from the Botany Library Plate Collection held in the Natural History Museum, London
Perdix perdix, grey partridgePlate 13 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Psittacula cyanocephala, plum-headed parakeetPlate 6, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Friticum hordeiforme, wheatIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Circus aeruginosus, marsh harrierPlate 73 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 2 (1925)
Potato, Solanum tuberosumFrom Icones Plantarum medicinalium secundum systema Linni digestarum, 1788-1812 by Joseph Jacob Von Plenck
Cocos nucifera L. coconut treeA drawing by Paul Hermann from the collection of five volumes of specimens and drawings from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1672-1677. (Vol. 5 Page 137)
