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Aquatica Collection

Background imageAquatica Collection: Giant cabomba, Cabomba aquatica

Giant cabomba, Cabomba aquatica
Giant cabomba aquarium plant, Cabomba aquatica. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

Background imageAquatica Collection: Hedwigia aquatica moss

Hedwigia aquatica moss. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Background imageAquatica Collection: Common shrimp, pink shrimp

Common shrimp, pink shrimp
Common shrimp, Crangon crangon 1, pink shrimp, Pandalus montagui 2, and Aegaeon cataphractus 3. Crangone comune, Pandalo annulicorne, Egeone a corazza

Background imageAquatica Collection: Water figwort, Scrophularia umbrosa

Water figwort, Scrophularia umbrosa (Scrophularia aquatica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Background imageAquatica Collection: Spiny water starwort, Callitriche palustris

Spiny water starwort, Callitriche palustris (Water starwort, Callitriche aquatica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Background imageAquatica Collection: Aquatic warbler and subalpine or Moltonis warbler

Aquatic warbler and subalpine or Moltonis warbler
Aquatic warbler, Acrocephalus paludicola, and subalpine or Moltonis warbler, Sylvia cantillans, Sylvia moltoni. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies

Background imageAquatica Collection: Basil, Ocimum basilicum, and whitetop or hoary

Basil, Ocimum basilicum, and whitetop or hoary cress, Lepidium draba. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageAquatica Collection: Water rocket, Eruca aquatica, and London rocket

Water rocket, Eruca aquatica, and London rocket, Sisymbrium irio. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageAquatica Collection: Northern water plantain, Alisma triviale

Northern water plantain, Alisma triviale and starfruit, Damasonium alisma. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageAquatica Collection: Horse mint, Mentha longifolia, and water mint

Horse mint, Mentha longifolia, and water mint, Mentha aquatica. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageAquatica Collection: Fine-leafed water dropwort, Oenanthe aquatica

Fine-leafed water dropwort, Oenanthe aquatica (Oenanthe phellandrium). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants

Background imageAquatica Collection: White-tailed sea eagle, water spider, Purpuricenus

White-tailed sea eagle, water spider, Purpuricenus
White-tailed sea eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla 5, and prey, water spider, Argyroneta aquatica 1, Purpuricenus beetles 2.3, and Pycnogonum litorale sea spider 4

Background imageAquatica Collection: Malabar chestnut or money tree, Pachira aquatica

Malabar chestnut or money tree, Pachira aquatica (Pachira macrocarpa). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Background imageAquatica Collection: Wild rice, Zizania aquatica

Wild rice, Zizania aquatica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London, 1816

Background imageAquatica Collection: Water starwort, Callitriche palustris

Water starwort, Callitriche palustris (Callitriche aquatica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes

Background imageAquatica Collection: Arrowhead, Sagittaria sagittifolia

Arrowhead, Sagittaria sagittifolia
La Sagittaire aquatique, Sagittaria aquatica. Arrowhead, Sagittaria sagittifolia. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les

Background imageAquatica Collection: Fine-leaved water-dropwort, Oenanthe aquatica

Fine-leaved water-dropwort, Oenanthe aquatica (Phellandrium aquaticum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Background imageAquatica Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 765

Curtis British Entomology Plate 765
Diptera: Simulium trifasciatum Curtis [Plant: Limosella aquatica (Mudwort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageAquatica Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 708

Curtis British Entomology Plate 708
Ephemeroptera: Ephemera cognata = Ephemera vulgata [Plant: Callitriche sp. (Callitriche aquatica Sm. Water Star-wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageAquatica Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 566

Curtis British Entomology Plate 566
Coleoptera: Catops dissimulator = Catops morio (Dissembling Catops) [Plant: Catabrosa aquatica (Poa aquatica, Reed Meadow-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageAquatica Collection: Cabomba aquatica, yellow water lily native

Cabomba aquatica, yellow water lily native to tropical America.. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith

Background imageAquatica Collection: Common water-plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica

Common water-plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica.. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837


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