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Lama pacos, alpacaAlpaca. Llama Alpaca, 1884. Hand coloured lithograph of a drawing by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins from Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall; Hoofed Quadrupeds, 1850
Mosquito in Dominican amberA mosquito in trapped and preserved in Dominican amber. Lower Miocene about 20 million years old. Image from Amber The Natural Time Capsule. Figure 90
H. W. Bates illustrated notebooksPlate 7 from a notebook of Henry W. Bates (1825-92) relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854
Longhorn beetle
Schistocerca gregaria, desert locustA desert locust perching on a branch. Locusts sometimes swarm to form groups of up to 80 million and can migrate over large distances
CorythosaurusThe Corythosaurus, meaning Corinthian helmet lizard, was a bipedal herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the Upper Cretaceous period, 76 to 74 million years ago
Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild (1868-1937)Carriage drawn by three zebra and a horse, driven by Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild (1868-1937), founder of the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London since 1937
Coprolite, fossil dungA coprolite is a fossilized dropping, perhaps from a Dinosaur. Length 29cm
Accipiter gentilis, northern goshawk, Accipiter cooperii, CoPlate 141 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
Homo neanderthalensis in action at Swanscombe, UKAn illustration by Angus McBride showing a group of Homo neanderthalensis on the ancient banks of the river Thames in modern day Swanscombe, Kent
Liopleurodon vertebraA fossil vertebra from the pliosaur, Liopleurodon. These were carnivorous marine reptiles that lived during the time of the dinosaurs. This specimen was discovered in Kimmeridge, Southern England
Archaeopteryx lithographica [London specimen]Main slab of rare fossil dinobird and earliest bird found in the Upper Jurassic of Solenhofen in Germany, now on display at The Natural History Museum, London. Known also as the London Archaeopteryx
Aix galericulata, mandarin duckPlate 69 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph
Scene in Wealden TimesScene from the Wealden times, during the Cretacous period. Painting, oil on canvas, by Eli Marsden Wilson (1877-1965), before 1935. Original held at the Natural History Museum, London
Parus caeruleus, blue titA blue tit (Parus caeruleus) in flight, U.K.The blue tit is common throughout Britain living mainly in deciduous woodland. Photographed by Frank Greenaway
Fish Gallery, September 1890The Fish Gallery attractions included a 8.5m (28 ft) long basking shark caught near Shanklin, Isle of Wight, and wood from a whaling ship, the Farquharson, pierced by swordfish lances
Frederick Courteney Selous (1851-1917) was one of the most famous big game hunters of his era. He spent much of his life in Africa, but also hunted in North America and Asia Minor
OctopusWatercolour 401 by the Port Jackson Painter, from the Watling Collection
Pharmacophagus antenor, giant swallowtailGiant swallowtail butterfly and the common rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae). Plate 15 from Insects of India by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
Megatherium, giant ground slothSkeleton of an extinct creature that roamed cool, dry, scrub and grasslands of South America 100, 000 years ago. On display at the Natural History Museum, London
Coelophysis fossilCoelophysis was one of the earliest known dinosaurs which lived 225 to 220 million years ago during the Upper Triassic. It was a small bipedal carnivore up to 3 metres in length
Phoenicopterus ruber, greater flamingoPlate 431 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Anser brachyrhynchus, pink-footed gooseWatercolour and ink by John Gould (c. 1865). An example of a prelliminary work by Gould in preparation for an illustration which would be published in one of his books
P. D. S. A. AMBULANCEThe Small Animal Ambulance of the Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals (P.D.S.A.) arrives outside the Sanitorium in Ilford, Essex, England
Steeplechase with FallerFALLS One horse falls at a fence while three other horses clear the fence successfully. Date: 1912
Street scene in Tbilisi (Tiflis), GeorgiaA street scene with oxen and camels in Tbilisi (Tiflis), Georgia. Date: circa 1880
Hirundo rustica, barn swallowPlate 89 from Sir William Jardines The Naturalists Library. Original Drawings. Birds
Hemiscyllium ocellatum, epaulette sharkFf. 56. Pencil sketch by Herman Dietrich Sporing made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Caprimulgus europaeus, European nightjarPlate 1 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Caiman crocodilus crocodilus and Anilius scytaleSpectacled caiman and South American false coral snake. Plate 69 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium of de Verandering der Surinaamsche Insecten (1705) by A. Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)
Janthina violacea, violet snailWatercolour 398 by Thomas Watling, entitled Boala, from the Watling Collection
OrnithosuchusAn illustration by Neave Parker of the Ornithosuchus, a thecodont, an extinct bipedal reptile closedly related to the dinosaur. It lived around 185 million years ago
Indian elephant, c. 1898Jung Pasha or Jung Pershad was one of four Asian elephants brought back to London Zoo by Bertie, Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII) following his tour of India during 1875-76
Sabatia bartramii, savannah pink & Eacles imperialis, imperiDrawing 11 (Ewan 38) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Archaeopteryx had the same number and arrangement of primary and secondary flight feathers as modern birds. Watercolour on paper by John Doncaster
Butterflies from the Amazon by H. W. BatesA page (p 144) from a notebook of Henry W. Bates relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854
Discosphaera tubifera, coccolithophoreScanning electron microscope (SEM) showing the unicellular planktonic algae Discosphaera tubifera from the North Atlantic surrounded by a sphere of calcite plates - coccoliths
Accipiter striatus, sharp-shinned hawkPlate 374 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Bloodhound looking sleepyUnusual Friends - bloodhound looking sleepy. 1950s
German circus scrap -- dog jumping through a paper hoop. 19th century
Sketches of an Irish Wolfhound by Cecil AldinTwo sketches of an Irish Wolfhound by Cecil Aldin -- probably his own dog Mickie. Date: 1939
Nyctea scandiaca, snowy owlPlate 34 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Balaena mysticetus, bowhead whale
Psittacula eupatria, Alexandrine parakeetPlate 8, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Mustela nivalis, least weaselPlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Crystal Palace Dinosaur ModelsModels sculpted by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, working closely with Joseph Paxton and Richard Owen, were installed in the worlds first dinosaur park which opened at Crystal Palace Park in 1854
Beetle illustrationsDouble page spread of pencil and watercolour illustrations of beetles by Henry Walter Bates
Raphus solitarius, Reunion white dodoPlate 25 from Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World (1907) by Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild