Banks Collection (page 10)

Asphalatus Acacia altera Mauk
Copy of De Materia Medica made by the Greek physician Dioscorides. Used as standard medical work up to Middle Ages. Copy made in 1460 and owned by Sir Joseph Banks

Collinsonia canadensis, horse weed
A hand written description of horse weed from Flora Nov Eboracensis, part of the the Banks Collection. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Drawing number 54
Watercolour 54 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Trichoglossus haematobus, rainbow lorikeet
Watercolour 29 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Watercolour 58 from the Watling Collection
Watercolour 58 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Serpentes (suborder), snake
Watercolour 39 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Golynos Oak

Watercolour 63 from the Watling Collection
Watercolour 63 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

A woman meeting her husband who had been out on some exploit and offering him some fish. Watercolour drawing No. 42 from Banks Manuscript 34; the Port Jackson Painter collection c. 1790

Barbacenia, Quelusia, Lafoensia
Autograph letter to Sir J. Banks, consisting of descriptions, with water colour drawings of genera of Plants collected in Minas Geraes, Brazil Vandelli, Domenico, 1732-1816

Letter from Vandelli, Domenico
Autograph letter to Sir J. Banks, consisting of descriptions, with water colour drawings of genera of Plants collected in Minas Geraes, Brazil Vandelli, Domenico, 1732-1816

Mellissia begonifolia, St. Helena boxwood
A specimen of St. Helena boxwood (Mellissia begonifolio) collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander in May 1771

Rubus sylvestris
Illustration is a copy from De Materia Medica made by the Greek physician Dioscorides. The copy was made in 1460 and was owned by Sir Joseph Banks

Title page from Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771
Title page from Illustrations of the Botany of New Zealand during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Commissioned by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Solander

Bol�r and Humboldt on the banks of the Seine
Bol� r and Humboldt on the banks of the Seine in Paris, 1804. Painting by Tito Salas (1887-1974). Oil on canvas. VENEZUELA. Caracas. National Pantheon

GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Dance on the Banks of the River Manzanares. 1777. Cartoon for tapestry. Weaved at the Real Fᢲ ica de tapices (Royal Tapestry Factory)

Paris on the banks of Seine river, 19th c. Engraving

Cadenabbia (Italy). Villa Carlotta on the banks

BERUETE Y MORET, Aureliano de (1845-1912). The Banks of the River Manzanares. Impressionism. Oil on canvas

RIGALT, Luis (1814-1894). Landscape on the banks of a river. Romanticism. Oil on canvas

La GrenouillSre
RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919). La GrenouillSre. It represents the most famous outdoor bar situated on the banks of the Seine

Picnic on the Banks of the Manzanares
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Picnic on the Banks of the Manzanares. SPAIN. San Lorenzo de El Escorial

Spain (19th c. ). Sevilla. Palace of San Telmo
Spain (19th c.). Sevilla. Palace of San Telmo on the banks of Guadalquivir river. Litography. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Advert for The National Savings Committee 1940
This year make your holiday weeks National Savings Week ! In 1940 The National Savings Committee asked that the general public put aside the thought of going away on holiday

Mycenae Dagger / Knossos
Inlaid designs on a Mycenae dagger-blade. Cheetahs and Khaffre cats hunting ducks on the banks o the Nile

Syria / Damascus C1840
General view of the city and the banks of the Barada river Date: circa 1840

LCC-LFB Fire investigation, prevention after a fire
An electrical board was the primary cause of a fire in a branch of Barclays Bank in Gracechurch Street, City of London. Showing the affected electrical board

Camp N. P. Banks, Col. Collis regiment of Zouaves d Afrique Above Nicetown Lane near Germantown, Pa. /. Print shows soldiers relaxing at encampment of regiment raised by Charles H.T. Collis

Several people posed for a portrait in a ferry and standing on the banks of a river at the terminal. Date ca. 1877

Bookplate of English author, Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks. Print shows books on shelves, with Mrs. Banks book The Manchester Man opened on a table in the foreground. Date ca. 1876

A young girl holding a doll remembers the revelry during a festival beneath blossoming cherry trees on the banks of a river. Date between 1850 and 1900

Review of the Mass. volunteer militia, at Concord, Sept. 9, 1859, by his excellency (commander in chief) Nathaniel P. Banks. Date c1860

Banks of the Vire, St. Lo, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Boys having fun during Medway floods, Kent
A group of boys having fun on their way home from school after the River Medway overflowed its banks. All along the Upper Medway Valleys from Maidstone to Tunbridge

Regatta on the banks of the Lujan River, Tigre, Argentina
Regatta on the banks of the Lujan River, in Paseo Victorica, Tigre, near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Date: circa 1905

Panic at the National Penny Bank, East London
Police were required to keep control as panic sent thousands of depositors to the Stepney Branch of the National Penny Bank in the Commercial Road, East London

The Tigre Hotel - Paseo Victorica, Tigre, Argentina
The Tigre Hotel which stood on the banks of the Lujan River, in Paseo Victorica, Tigre, near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Demolished in 1940. Date: circa 1907

Major General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks

Italian Lakes - Commercial Craft (6 / 7)
Commercial sailing craft moored up in the harbour at on the banks of Lake Garda (Italian - Lago Garda or Benaco) at Riva. The barge in the foreground still contains its cargo of cut timber

Banking Office
Banking office, Copenhagen, Denmark 1870. Date: 1870

Varenna on the banks of Lake Como - Mulini Street
Varenna on the banks of Lake Como, Italy - Mulini Street Date: circa 1910s

Fishermen - Dvina River, Russia
Russia, Arkhangelsk (Archangel) - Fishing on the banks of the Dvina river. 2010

Fishermen by the Danube, Romania
Russian fisherman on the banks of the Danube River at Braila, Romania. Their nets are hanging on racks on the left of this image. Date: 1902

Benin - Scenes & Places
The Republic of Benin (formerly Dahomey) - places depicted on the card are capital city Porto-Novo, a house of the indigenous population (one of whom is pictured in the inset oval)

Delhi - view from a bridge over the River Yamuna Date: circa 1920

Urquhart Castle
A Norman castle on the banks of Loch Ness, Scotland, built 13th century on an earlier wooden fort. It was blown up by the government in 1691 to prevent use by the Jacobites. Date: 13th century

Reservoir Anglers
Lads angling on the banks of the glistening waters of Aldenham Reservoir, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1950s

Boating on Italian Lake
Two men in a small boat are dwarfed by the brooding mountains in the distance. Lush green trees line the banks of the lake. Date: 1870s

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