Animal Collection (page 10)

Peppered moth
Two specimens of peppered moths exhibited on a soot-covered tree. This is a good demonstration of genetic selection through changing environment

Salix caprea, goat willow tree
An illustrative plate of goat willow foliage and catkins from the Botany Library Plate Collection, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Pavo cristalus, peacock
Specimen on display in Gallery 40 at the Natural History Museum, London

Macropus giganteus, eastern gray kangaroo and Xanthorrhoea s
Gum-plant, and Kangooroo of New Holland. Drawing 56 By George Raper, 1789

Dicynodon, Labyrinthodon & Rhyncosaurus
Sketch design for models to be constructed at Crystal Palace. Watercolour painting by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, 1809-1889

Reptile Gallery, November 1889
The Reptile Gallery displayed a collection of stuffed specimens and skeletons of reptiles, including crocodiles, lizards, snakes and tortoises

Megalosaurus
This was a carnivorous dinosaur that lived 140 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic. It grew up to 20 feet long and fossils have been discovered in the English Midlands and in Southern England

Dinosaur tail bones
From a Palaeontology field trip in Niger, West Africa

Inachis io, peacock butterfly
Plate 23 from Illustrations of British Butterflies and their Larvae (1892) by Theo Johnson. Cropped image of illustration

Nautilus pompilius, common nautilus
A section through a common nautilus (Nautilus pompiius) showing the internal divisions into chambers and siphuncles

Talpa europaea, European mole
Plate 123 Common Mole. Original watercolour drawing from The Naturalists Library, Mammalia, Vol. 3, 1833-1843, by Sir William Jardine (1800-1874)

Cheirotherium footprint
Footprints of Cheirotherium stortonense, an extinct reptile, on a slab of Triassic sandstone from Storeton, Cheshire, UK

White Elephant Siam
The White Elephant is sacred in Siam / Thailand

Sleeping Beauty - 6
Beauty - and everyone else in the palace, human or animal - fall asleep under the witchs spell: only she and her familiars, cat and crow, are immune

The outer boulevards, Snow, 1879, by Camille Pissarro
Camille Pissarro (1830- 1903). French painter. The outer boulevards, Snow, 1879. Marmottan Monet Museum. Paris. France

Victorian Greeting Card - Owls in Town
Two owls in top hats out at night. Date: circa 1890

Victorian Greeting Card - Snowy Rabbits
Two rabbits walking through the snow under an umbrella. Date: circa 1890

Tabby kitten and terrier puppy
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten and terrier puppy. 1950s

Golden Retriever and Siamese Cat
Unusual Friends - Golden Retriever and Siamese Cat. 1950s

Tabby kitten with liqueur bottle
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten with liqueur bottle. 1950s

Friesian cows at Rydal Water, Lake District, Cumbria. Date: 1960s

Little girl and goat in caravan park
Unusual Friends - little girl and a goat in a caravan park. 1950s

Cavalier King Charles spaniel at the piano
Unusual Friends - Cavalier King Charles spaniel at the piano. 1950s

Tabby kitten with three pints of milk
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten with three pints of milk. 1950s

Jumbo the elephant giving a ride at the zoo
Jumbo the elephant giving children a ride at the zoo. 1891

Occupations 1883 - London Street Dog Seller. 1883

Scene of wild boar hunt, mosaic uncovered in Merida (Augusta
Scene of wild boar hunt, mosaic uncovered in Merida, Spain. Roman, 4th century. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida. Spain

River View by Moonlight, c. 1640-1650, by Aert van der Neer
Aert van der Neer (c.1603-1677). Dutch painter. River View by Moonlight, c. 1640-1650. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Orpheus playing his lyre. Relief from Thessaloniki. Greece
Orpheus, wearing a Phrygian cap and surrounded by the beasts charmed by the music of his lyre. Relief from Thessaloniki. Greece

Winter landscape with skaters by Droochsloot
Winter landscape with skaters (1629) by Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot (1586-1666). Dutch painter. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Giant Otter - pups Venezuela (Pteronura brasiliensis )

The happy Family by Adrian Ross and Cecil Aldin
Promotional flyer for The Happy Family by Adrian Ross and Cecil Aldin; music Cuthbert Clarke. First produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, 18th December 1916

Animals and birds singing round a piano on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Bill of fare from Crystal Palace, 31 / 12 / 1853
Menu for the dinner in the Iguanodon and original artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins

Stitchbird Hihi (female and male)
Stitchbird Hihi, Notiomystis cincta (female and male). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.1 Plate 11 Date: 1888

Kea, Nestor notabilis. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.2 Plate 18 Date: 1888

Yellow Eyed Penguin and Snares Crested Penguin
Yellow Eyed Penguin or Hoiho, Megadyptes, and Snares Crested Penguin, Eudyptes robustus. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand

Little Spotted Kiwi or Kiwi Pukupuku, Apteryx owenii. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.3 Plate 49 Date: 1888

Kaka, Nestor meridionalis. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.4 Plate 63 Date: 1888

Phacops, a fossil trilobite
This Moroccan Devonian Phacops is enrolled, measuring 4.5 cm in width, and has a glabella covered in tubercles

Sketches of a bull terrier by Cecil Aldin
Two sketches of a bull terrier by Cecil Aldin -- probably his own dog, Cracker. Date: 1939

Illustration, foxhounds howling in chorus
Illustration, a pack of foxhounds howling in chorus, eager to go out hunting. Date: 1912

Alice in Wonderland, Alice and the pack of cards, as the courtroom scene disintegrates at the end of the story. Date: early 20th century

Lizzie the munition war-worker in Sheffield, WW1
Unofficially connected with Mr. Lloyd Georges department! The elephant munition-worker at Sheffield. Lizzie, a circus elephant was a familiar but incongruous sight on the cobbled streets of Sheffield

British Camel Corps in the Sudan, 1916
A British Camel Corps in the Sudan during the First World War. A similar Camel Corps to that shown helped to defeat the troops of the Sultan of Darfur (Ali Dinar)

All went well till the wheels came off. Cartoon strip from the Bonzo Annual, 1935 Date: 1935

Muntiacus muntjak, Indian muntjac
Zoological drawing 6 (1:6) Cervus plicatus. Pencil outline, lateral and front views, of head of Indian muntjac, made by Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771) during Captain Cooks first voyage of discovery

Fish illustration
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

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