Angiospermae Collection (page 9)

Ficus benghalensis and squirrel
Bodycolour and watercolour on board, c. 1779. Unknown artist commissined by Mrs Wheler (fl.1780s). Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1779

Nymphaea odorata var. minor
Plate 45. Watercolour on paper, 1901 by Mrs Hosea B. Morse (Annie Josephine Wexford) (1853-1940). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1901

Uvariastrum zenkeri
Plate 52. Watercolour on paper, 1911 by Dorothy Talbot (1871-1916). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1911

Inula helenium, elecampane
Page 27 from a volume of botanical drawings. Watercolour on paper, 1815 by Frances Anna M. Phillipps (1786-1863). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1815

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, hibiscus
Bodycolour on board, 1847-51 by Isobel Drought (fl.1847-51). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1847

Lychnis coronata
Watercolour on paper, 1777 by Getrude Metz (1746-1793). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1777

Sparmannia discolor by Matilda Smith
Graphite on paper, 1880s by Matilda Smith (1854-1926). Held in the Library and Archives

Zephyranthes atamasco, amaryllis
Watercolour on paper, c.1770-1796 by Mary Moser (1744-1819). Held in the Library and Archives

Theobroma cacao, cocoa tree
Watercolour on paper by Evelyn M. Woolward (fl.1880-90s). Held in the Library and Archives

Tritonia crocatia, flame freesia, M. Lawrance
Watercolour on vellum, 1794 by Mary Lawrance (fl.1790-1830) Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1794

Serapias cordigera by Hilda Margaret Godfery
Watercolour on paper, 1908 by Hilda Margaret Godfery (1871-1930). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1908

Mesembryanthemum
Watercolour on paper, late 17th C. by Alida Withoos (c.1660-1715). Held in the Library and Archives

Carduus nutans, musk thistle
Watercolour and ink on paper, c. mid-19th century by Ellen Hawkins (fl.1821-1868).Held in the Library and Archives

Rose, primula, Narcissus, Fritillaria
Ink & wash on paper, c. 1820 by Lucy Hardcastle (1771-c.1835). Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1820

Strelitzia reginae, bird of paradise flower
Watercolour on card, 1880-1913 by Emily J. Balston (nee Whitehead) (1848-1914). Held in the Library and Archives

Salvia nutans, nodding sage
Watercolour on vellum, c. mid-17th century by Madeleine Basseporte (1701-1780). Held in the Library and Archives

White poplar
Watercolour on paper by Florence Helen Woolward (1854-1936). Held in the Library and Archives

Lantana camara by Adeline Frances Mary Duppa
Plate 33 from a bound volume drawings of flowers from Italy and Madeira, and of fungi from Ringwood, Hants. drawn between 1870-85

Paeonia sp. by Clara Pope
Plate 2 from bound volume. Bodycolour on card, 1821 by Clara Pope (ca.1768-1838). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1821

Sticky Tailflower watercolour, Ferdinand Bauer
Anthocercis viscosa, Sticky Tailflower. Watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer (1760-1826)

Pseudocolocynthis pomiformis by Basil Besler
Pseudocolocynthis pomiformis from Hortus Eystettensis by Basil Besler

Chrysanthemum, CT scan image
CT Scan image of a Chrysanthemum

Tulip and small tortoiseshell
Guache on vellum, c.late 17th century by Maria Sibella Merian (1647-1717). From the collection of Insect paintings by Dutch Artists 17th-19th Century. Held in the Library and Archives

Lacandonia schismatica
A member of the Triuridaceae, a family of saprophytes. Found only in the Lacandon rainforest in southeast Mexico

Purple-throated hummingbirds, female
In a fascinating example of sexual dimorphism and plant-animal relationships: the female hummingbird with a smaller body and long

Rhododendron fulgens
Hand-coloured lithograph by Walter hood Fitch, 1849-1851, based on sketch by Joseph Hooker Date: 1849

Dianthus sp. Carnations
Hand-coloured engraving, Robert Thorntons Temple of Flora, 1799-1807 Date: 1807

Hibiscus mutabilis, Cotton rose
Bodycolour by Johann Christoph Dietzsch, c. 1750 Date: circa 1750

Pithecellobium circinale
Watercolour by Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822) Date: 1822

Tropaeolum peregrinum, Canary creeper
Watercolour by Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822) Date: 1822

Crocodylus palnotis, Muggers
Watercolour by Olivia Tonge; c. 1912 Date: circa 1912

Soymida febrifuga, Rohan bark
Watercolour by William Roxburgh, Indian Collection, c.1800s Date: 1800

Markhamia stipulata
Watercolour from the Nathaniel Wallich Collection, c.1830 Date: 1830

Allophylus racemosus
Watercolour by William Roxburgh, Indian Collection, c.1805 Date: 1805

Orchid
Watercolour by Robert Schomburgk, 1840s Date: 1840

Carica papaya, Papaya
Hand-coloured engraving based on Maria Sibylla Merian watercolour. From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1726 edition. Date: 1726

Cola sp. Kola nut
Watercolour by Dorothy Talbot, c. 1911 Date: circa 1911

Polygala amara (rev. amarella), dwarf milkwort
Illustration of Polygala amara from Flora Monacensis (1811) by Franz von Paula Schrank (1747-1835). Date: 1811

Sea knotgrass, Polygonum maritimum
Plate 203, illustration of Sea knotgrass from Icones Florae Germanicae et Helveticae, vol 24 (1905) by Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793-1879). Date: 1905

Downy Woundwort, Stachys germanica
Plate 83/11, illustration of Downy Woundwort from Deutschlands Flora (1841) by Jacob Sturm (1771-1848). Date: 1841

Fossil Holothurian or sea cucumber
Staurocystis quadrifasciata, 6.5 cm long, from the Silurian, Wenlock Limestone of Dudley in Worcestershire, England

Anacardium occidentale, Cashew
Watercolour by Robert Schomburgk, 1840s Date: 1840

Hippeastrum, Dutch amaryllis
Illustration by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840), held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Archimedes swallovanus, bryozoan
Fossil bryozoan dating from the Carboniferous rocks, Mississippian, Golconda Fm. Marigold, Illinois, U.S.A

Nothofagus betuloides
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Betula antarctica

Pimelea prostrata, strathmore weed
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Pimalea laevigata

Crystal apple - cystoid echinoderm
NHM E10. Echinosphaerites aurantium (Gyllenhall). Ordovicain, Popouka, St Petersburg, Russia

A scene in a toddy palm plantation
A drawing by Paul Hermann from the collection of five volumes of specimens and drawings from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1672-1677. (Vol. 5 Page 307)

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