Aquifoliaceae Collection

Strix aluco, tawny owl
Plate 68 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 2 (1925)

Calestrina argolus, holly blue butterfly
Holly blue butterflies probably with a coral bean plant (Erythrina herbacea) by John Abbot (1751-1840)

Calidris minuta, little stint
Plate 72 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Ilex sp
Illustration of Holly by Mary E. Eaton (1873-1961)

Ilex aquifolium, common holly
Plate 1 from Traitae des Arbres et Arbustres (1852) by Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Parus palustris, marsh tit
Plate 180 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Ilex aquifolium L. Houx commum, holly
An illustrative plate depicting holly tree foliage from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection

Celastrina argiolus, holly blue butterfly
The holly blue feeds on holly and ivy flowers and whilst its caterpillars feed on the berries of these plants

Vermivora ruficapilla, Nashville warbler
Plate 89 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Viscum album, mistletoe & Ilex sp. holly
Drawing from Watercolour and pencil drawings of birds, mammals and boats of the Shetland Islands, with some drawings of plants (1918-1974) by Muriel Helen Dawson (1897-1974)

Ilex aquifolium, holly
View of holly with berries covered in snow, in the Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden, January 2003

Ilex aquifolium XLVI, holly
An illustrative plate depicting holly tree foliage from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection

Ilex aquifolium, English holly
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Ilex paraguensis, yerba mate
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33

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