Ardea Collection

Louisiana Heron, by John James Audubon
Louisiana Heron, Ardea Ludoviciana, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Ardea herodias, great blue heron
Plate 211 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Great blue heron, Ardea herodias. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania, E.K

Upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda. Batramian or Bartram sandpiper. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report on the Birds of

Purple heron, Ardea purpurea. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Madagascan crested ibis and grey crowned crane (endangered)
Madagascan crested ibis, Lophotibis cristata (near threatened) and grey crowned crane, Balearica regulorum (endangered). Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies

Rufescent tiger-heron, Tigrisoma lineatum (Tiger bittern, Ardea tigrina). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Crab plover, Dromas ardeola (Abyssinian erody, Ardea pondiceriana). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Wattled crane, Bugeranus carunculatus. Vulnerable. (Wattled heron, Ardea carunculata.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester

Greater adjutant, Leptoptilos dubious. Endangered. (Gigantic crane, Ardea argala.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

South American or pinnated bittern, Botaurus pinnatus. (Brazilian bittern, Ardea brasiliensis.) From a specimen in the possession of Thomas Pennant

Little egret, Ardea garzetta, Egretta garzetta.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Snowy Heron, by John James Audubon
Snowy Heron, or White Egret, Ardea Candidissima, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Common heron, Ardea major, Grey heron, Ardea cinerea.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Grey heron, Ardea cinerea, and boat-billed heron, Cochlearius cochlearius.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris

Bittern, Ardea stellaris, Botaurus stellaris.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Goliath Heron - In flight (Ardea goliath). Moremi - Okavango Delta - Botswana - Africa

Puku - with Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) in background (Kobus vardonii). Kafue National Park, Zambia

Nelumbo lutea, American lotus & Dionaea muscipula, venus fly

Ardea purpurea, purple heron
Plate 21 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Ardea sp. Heron
Ff. 112. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Ardea cocoi and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Ardea cinerea, grey heron
Ff. 113. Pencil drawing by George Forster annotated Ardea cocoi and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Ardea alba, great egret
Plate 386 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

Ardea, Italy
The town of Ardea, Lazio, Italy

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