Bark Collection (page 4)

Bark canoes of Port Jackson
Watercolour 43 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

An Aborigine with his hair matted with gum, a bark paddle an
Drawing 64 from the Watling Collection titled A paddle made from bark, a Native his hair matted with gum, A Basket made of the knot of a tree by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Quercus sp. crouch oak
Also known as Addlestone Oak or Queens Oak. In the 14th century Wycliffe preached under this oak. Queen Elizabeth I is said to have feasted under it. Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003

Cinchona officianalis illustration, quinine
From the Plate Collection of the Natural History Museum, London

Dendrobium rigidum, orchid
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Coal, from the late carboniferous
Coal is formed from fossil plants. The regular pattern on the surface of this 14 cm long piece is the impression of the bark of a fossil tree; Lepidodendron

Italian Lakes - Commercial Craft (4 / 7)
The distinctive two-masted sailing barge (barque) on the still waters of Lake (Lago) Leman in Northern Italy Date: circa 1910s

A medley of Edinburgh musicians

Lion Sharpens its Claws
A lion sharpens its claws on the bark of a tree... Date: 1930s

Silver Birch Bark
The bark of a Silver Birch tree. Date: February 1939

Hark, hark, the dogs do bark, the beggars have come to town. 20th century

Tree-Surgeon & Audience
A cartoon on the tree- surgeons art: a tree trunk lies in an operating theatre with an axe embedded in its bark while the surgeon demonstrates his skill Date: 1927

Industry / Cork Cutter
Two french cork cutters cutting bark which is stripped from the cork tree, into a variety of small round cylindrical pieces for stopping bottles. Date: circa 1760

Hagia Sophia Interior - Istanbul, Turkey, set within a border of leaves and a piece of bark

Guari wood carrier, Northern Nigeria, Africa - she is standing on a Train Station platform

Mrs R. H. Dent with the Greyhound Derby trophy and Wattle Bar
Wattle Bark, winner of the 1937 Greyhound Derby at White City is picture with his owner, Mrs. R. H. Dent receiving her trophy from Lady Stanley while the trainer and the kennel boy look

Tapping a rubber tree - Ceylon
A woman in Ceylon tapping a rubber tree with traditional techniques

Canadian guide making a canoe, 1858
Engraving showing a French Canadian voyageur (guide) making a canoe on a framework of cedar covered with sheets of birch bark

Ship of Callisto
On Callisto, one of Jupiter;s moons, they have trees which grow beneath the water, and from the bark of these they construct their vessels which are rowed like Earth galleys

The Preparation of Cinnamon in Ceylon
Series of illustrations in The Graphic showing the preparation of cinnamon in Ceylon (modern day Sri Lanka). 1. Cutting cinnamon sticks. 2. Peeling the Sticks. 3. Stretching the Cinnamon Bark. 4

Cinchona - Quinine 2
Two varieties of the cinchona species (quinine) - known as Jesuits Bark because its healing properties were learnt from South American natives by Jesuit missionaries

Laurus Species
Three varieties of the laurus species (quinine) - known as Jesuits Bark because its healing properties were learnt from South American natives by Jesuit missionaries

Owen Jones Pacific 1
The ornaments on Plate I are from portions of clothing made chiefly from the bark of trees

Great Spotted Woodpecker
A pair of GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (Dendrocopus major) feed their offspring who are nesting in the bark of a tree

Hark, the Dogs do Bark
Some in rags and some in tags and some in silken gowns the beggars come to town but these two girls keep a prudent distance while their dog barks protectively

Bull with Dog
A bull stares at a barking dog

Cinchona in Peru
European travellers in Peru are taught the medicinal effects of QUININE; French missionaries had learnt this in 1630, but the curative element was not identified

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