Art And Illustration Collection (page 4)

Permian Britain
An artists impression of Permian (290 to 248 million years ago) Britain from space, with desert lands and the Zechstein sea

Fucus crispus, kelp
Plate 217 from Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the Plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus (1808-1819), Volume III, by Mary Dawson Turner

Fucus saccatus, kelp
Plate 241 from Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the Plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus (1808-1819), Volume III, by Mary Dawson Turner

Raper drawing No. 28
Hummock Island, so named by Captain Carteret - by the natives call d Mondooroo by George Raper 1791

Raper drawing No. 24
Chief settlement on Norfolk Island April 1790. By George Raper, 1790

Raper drawing No. 21
[5] Views of Norfolk, Philip, & Nepean Islands by George Raper

Raper drawing No. 15
Entrance of Port Jackson from a boat close under the South Head; 1789

Raper drawing No. 19
Ice islands as seen on our passage round Cape Horn in 1788. By George Raper c. 1789

Raper drawing No. 16
View of the east side of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson; from the Anchorage also showing the Governors House. By George Raper c. 1790

Raper drawing No. 12
View of the Table-Land from the Anchorage in the bay of Cape Good-hope. By George Raper, 1792

Raper drawing No. 10
An illustration of Cobras, a fortified island close to the city in Rio de Janeiro 1789

Raper drawing No. 9
An illustration depicting Square Island, a little within the entrance of Rio de Janeiro [and] Island dos Enxchados in Rio de Janeiro. By George Raper, 1789

Raper drawing No. 8
Entrance of Rio de Janeiro (Brasil). View from the anchorage without the Sugar Loaf bearing NW off shore 2 miles. By George Raper, 1790

Raper drawing No. 4
His Majestys Brig Supply 1790 off Lord Howe Island [and] His Majestys Ship Sirius in Sydney Cove 1789. Painting by George Raper, 1792

Study of a Canon
A detailed study containing an illustration and reference notes of a canon, 1787. Drawing number 2 from the George Raper drawing collection held within the Natural History Museum, London

Raper drawing No. 22
The melancholy loss of His Majestys Ship Sirius, wrecked on Norfolk Island. By George Raper, 1790

A view of the coastline to the south of Botany Bay
Drawing 5 from the Watling Collection titled A View of the Land to the Southward of Botany Bay with the Entrance of the Harbour by John Hunter, 1790-1797

Passage sur des Troncs d Arbres
Passage on tree trunks. Page 79 from Voyages dans l Amerique du Sud (1883) by J. Crevaux

A partial view of Sydney Cove
Drawing 14 from the Watling Collection titled A partial view of Sydney Cove taken from the Sea side before the Surgeon Generals House by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Raper drawing No. 27
View of Port Hunter on the N. Side Duke of York Island St Georges Channel where we watered in the Waaksaamheydt May 1791. By George Raper, 1791

Temple of Jupiter Serapis near Naples. This comprises the frontispiece from Principles of Geology Vol. 1, 1830 by Charles Lyell

View of the entrance into the Harbour of Port Jackson
Drawing 8 from the Watling Collection titled View of the Entrance into the Harbour of Port Jackson, taken in a boat under the North head by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1790

Plants design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Urwald in Esmeraldas
Jungle in Esmeraldas. Page 121 from Nach Equador, 1881 by J Colberg

The Governor making the best of his way to the Boat after be
Drawing 23 from the Watling Collection, by the Port Jackson Painter, c. 1790

An East view of Port Jackson
Drawing 16 from the Watling Collection titled An East View of Port-Jackson, and Sydney-Cove, taken from behind the New Barracks by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Implements of the Duke of York Islands and St Georges Channe

Raper drawing No. 5
View of SW coast of the Isle of Wight, 1. St Catherines Point; 2. the Needle Point. Painting by George Raper, 1789

Raper drawing No. 23
View of the west side of Sydney Bay Norfolk Island showing the method by which the crew and provisions were saved from the wreck of the Sirius. By George Raper, 1790

Raper drawing No. 26
[3] Views of Lord Howe Island, discovered by Lieut. Ball. February 1788 by George Raper

Deserted Indian village
A deserted Indian village in King George III Sound, New Holland. Facing p 54 from Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean. 1798, by Captain George Vancouver

Ff. 208 sketch by George Forster
Ff. 208. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

El Carmen, or Patagones illustration (p.65) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, John Murray illustrated edition, 1890

Canis Magellanicus
Illustration (plate 5) from Charles Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, Mammalia, Part 2, No.1, 1838

Canis Antarcticus
Illustration (plate 4) from Charles Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, Mammalia, Part 2, No.1, 1838

Lutjanus campechanus, red snapper
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

Calceolaria fothergillii, William Aiton, 1789
Calceolaria fothergillii taken from Hortus Kewensis or A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew by William Aiton gardner of his majesty

Mate pots and bambillio illustration (p.118) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, John Murray illustrated edition, 1890

Chilian spurs, stirrup illustration (p.290) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, John Murray illustrated edition, 1890

Cissa sp
Plate RZD010, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Plant illustration from the Reeves collections
Plate 235 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Plate XXXVIII: Lava curtain and royal party
Pl XXXVIII. Observation on the volcanoes of the two Sicilies, Naples, 1776 & 1779 compiled by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) while Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples

Plate XXVII: Stromboli
Plate XXXVII. Observation on the volcanoes of the two Sicilies, Naples, 1776 & 1779 compiled by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) while Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples

Campi Phlegraei
Plate VII. Observation on the volcanoes of the two Sicilies, Naples, 1776 & 1779 compiled by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) while Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples

Plate II: Seven views of Vesuvius
Plate II. Observation on the volcanoes of the two Sicilies, Naples, 1776 & 1779 compiled by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) while Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples

Drawings 22-23 from the Watling Collection
22. View of west side of Norfolk Island. 23. The Governor making his way to the boat after being wounded with a spear

Drawings 24-25 from the Watling Collection
24. Mr Waterhouse endeavouring to break the spear after Governor Phillips was wounded. 25. Mr White, Harris & Laing visiting Botany Bay Colebee

Cedrus libani, cedar of Lebanon & Agave americana, century p
Sketch 252 from the Ehret Collection of Sketches (unbound) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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