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Barbatus Collection

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Plants / Dianthus Barbatus

Plants / Dianthus Barbatus
Sweet William, or Bearded Pink

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus

Bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus (Great bearded seal, Phoca barbata). North Seas. From a specimen in Edinburgh Royal Museum. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Horse mussels

Horse mussels
Tulip mussel, Modiolus americanus (Modiola americana), bearded horse mussel, Modiolus barbatus (Modiola gibbsii), and bent mussel (Modiola incurvata)

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Red mullet, spotted goatfish and gurnards

Red mullet, spotted goatfish and gurnards
Red mullet, Mullus barbatus 58, spotted goatfish, Pseudupeneus maculatus 59, tub gurnard, Chelidonichthys lucerna 60, flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans 61, and armed gurnard

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Sweet William, Dianthus barbatus

Sweet William, Dianthus barbatus (Crowded pink, Dianthus aggregatus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Flesh-coloured bearded penstemon, Penstemon

Flesh-coloured bearded penstemon, Penstemon barbatus var. carneus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Calochortus barbatus

Calochortus barbatus (Bearded cyclobothra, Cyclobothra barbata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The British

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Bearded yellow byssus, Byssus barbatus

Bearded yellow byssus, Byssus barbatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Black howler, Alouatta caraya (Stentor barbatus)

Black howler, Alouatta caraya (Stentor barbatus), male and female. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Illustrated Natural History of Animals, Zurich, 1827

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Barracuda, Sphyraena sphyraena, and red mullet

Barracuda, Sphyraena sphyraena, and red mullet, Mullus barbatus. Handcolored engraving by Corbie after an illustration by Acaric Baron from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Pink or Dianthus species

Pink or Dianthus species
Crowded pink, Dianthus aggregatus, sweet william, Dianthus barbatus, Dr. Fischers pink, Dianthus fischeri, and Carthusians pink, Dianthus carthusianorum

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Helmet vanga, Euryceros prevostii, and bearded

Helmet vanga, Euryceros prevostii, and bearded bulbul, Criniger barbatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Red mullet, striped red mullet and Red Sea goatfish

Red mullet, striped red mullet and Red Sea goatfish
Red mullet, Mullus barbatus, striped red mullet, Mullus surmuletus, and Red Sea goatfish, Parupeneus forsskali. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sophie Cornu after an illustration by

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Brazilian bearded monkey species and crested

Brazilian bearded monkey species and crested porcupine, Hystrix cristata. Le petit marmot siflant du Bresil, Cercopithecus barbatus, un porc epic d Afrique)

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Eggs of elephant bird, ostrich, cassowary, condor, etc

Eggs of elephant bird, ostrich, cassowary, condor, etc
Large bird eggs: elephant bird, Aepyornis maximus (extinct) 1, 2, ostrich, Struthio camelus 3, southern cassowary, Casuarius casuarius 4, Andean condor, Vultur gryphus 5, bearded vulture

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Mathias Sturz fighting a bearded vulture with a knife

Mathias Sturz fighting a bearded vulture with a knife. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Japanese pink or hamanadeshiko, Dianthus japonicus

Japanese pink or hamanadeshiko, Dianthus japonicus. (Sweet William, Dianthus barbatus, Dianthus pulcherrimus.) Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Plectranthus forskohlii

Plectranthus forskohlii. (Plectranthus barbatus, Coleus forskohlii, Forskohlii, Indian coleus) Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1818

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Calochortus barbatus lily

Calochortus barbatus lily (Yellow calochortus, Calochortus flavus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Indian coleus, Plectranthus barbatus

Indian coleus, Plectranthus barbatus (Bearded coleus, Coleus barbatus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Bearded pink or sweet william, Dianthus barbatus

Bearded pink or sweet william, Dianthus barbatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1793

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Seals and sealions

Seals and sealions
Bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus 1, southern sea lion, Otaria flavescens 2, ringed seal, Pusa hispida 3, and Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus 4, critically endangered

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Palawan Bearded Pig - young

Palawan Bearded Pig - young (Sus barbatus ahoenobarbus). Sabang, Palawan, Philippines. February. Formerly a subspecies of Sus barbatus now considered a separate species

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Mullus barbatus, or Red Mullet

Mullus barbatus, or Red Mullet, also known as Plain Red Mullet, a species of goatfish. Date: 1862

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus (endangered)

Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus (endangered), and bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Palawan Bearded Pig - young caught in the wild

Palawan Bearded Pig - young caught in the wild and kept in an enclosure in a private household in Sabang (Sus barbatus ahoenobarbus). Sabang, Palawan, Philippines. February

Background imageBarbatus Collection: Bearded pig - adult wild animal which abitually

Bearded pig - adult wild animal which abitually comes to feed on leftovers in a restaurant at Borneo Rainforest Lodge (Sus barbatus). in Danum Valley Conservation Area; Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June


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