Bilderbuch Collection (page 5)

Thomas Hornors hut above the dome of St
Thomas Hornors hut on scaffolding above the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral, London, where he painted his giant panorama of London, 1821

Sea slugs: Phyllidia varicosa 1, 2, Tergipes limacina 3, 4, Aeolidia papillosa 5, Scyllaea pelagica 6, Tritonia hombergii 7, Polycera quadrilineata 8, and Platydoris argo 9, 10

Vertical section of the cave at Gailenreuth, Germany
Vertical section of the cave at Gailenreuth, near Muggendorf, Germany, after William Buckland, and entrance to the cave below

View of the city of Cairo, Egypt, with its
View of the city of Cairo on the River Nile, Egypt, with its mosques, churches and synagogues, 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz after Cooke from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs

View of the River Thames and the Tower of London, 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823

Asian palm civet and African civet
Asian palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus 1 and African civet, Civettictis civetta 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Workers harvesting pink salt from the salt lakes near Perekop, Crimea, 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, 1821
View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, with 2, 700 inhabitants in 400 homes, 1821. Showing the government building, school, church, prison, battery and telegraph signals

Bottlenose skate and electric rays
Endangered bottlenose skate, Rostroraja alba, dorsal 1, ventral 2, eyed electric ray, Torpedo torpedo 3, and marbled electric ray, Torpedo marmorata 4

Smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris: female 1, male 2, female depositing eggs on an aquatic leaf 3, egg 4, development of the young 5-12

Asian fairy-bluebird and racket-tailed treepie
Asian fairy-bluebird, Irena puella, male 1, female 2, and racket-tailed treepie, Crypsirina temia 3. Copied from Horsfelds Zoological Researches in Java

View of the Himalayan mountains. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823

White-tailed deer and Malayan sambar deer
White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, stag 1, doe 2, and fawn 3, and Malayan sambar deer, Rusa unicolor equina, doe 4

Temple of Olympian Zeus, Arch of Hadrian
Modern Athens built from the ruins of ancient Athens, 1800. View from the south-east showing the Temple of Olympian Zeus and its three columns in the foreground, the Arch of Hadrian

Asian palm civet, greater grison, and Sunda stink badger
Asian palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus 1, greater grison, Galictis vittata 2, and Sunda stink badger, Mydaus javanensis 3

San or Bushman musician playing a gorah or lesiba, a string-wind instrument. Copied from William John Burchells Travels in the Interior of South Africa

American black bear and brown bear
American black bear, Ursus americanus 1, and brown bear, Ursus arctos 2. Copied from illustrations by Louis Chloris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A

Diving bell with two divers on board, circa 1820. An improved version of Edmond Halleys diving bell, this hermetically sealed diving chamber was supplied by air through a copper pipe from

Cowslip, Primula veris, and scarlet pimpernel
Cowslip, Primula veris 1, and scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823

Red-crested turaco, toucan, aracari and toucanet
Red-crested turaco, Tauraco erythrolophus 1, green-billed toucan, Ramphastos dicolorus 2, ivory-billed aracari, Pteroglossus azara 3 and spot-billed toucanet, Selenidera maculirostris

Dugong and Amazonian manatee
Dugong, Dugong dugon, vulnerable 1 and Amazonian manatee, Trichechus inunguis, vulnerable 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Natural history of cloud formations
Natural history of clouds: cirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, nimbus, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Javan leopard cat and banded linsang
Javan leopard cat, Prionailurus bengalensis javanensis 1, and banded linsang, Prionodon linsang 2. Copied from illustrations by William Daniell in Zoological Researches in Java

Interior and entrance to the Church of
Interior (left) and entrance (right) to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Gauchos butchering cattle at a slaughterhouse
Native American gauchos lassoing and butchering cattle at one of the outdoor slaughterhouses in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch

Native American gaucho on horseback using bolas or boleadoras to hunt ostrich on the pampas in South America. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs

Egyptian goat, doe and kid, Capra aegagrus hircus. Copied from St. Hilaire. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Plan and entrance to the Labyrinth caves of Crete
Plan of the underground caves near Agioi-Deka, Gortyn, Crete, and entrance to the caves. Believed to be the site of the mythical Labyrinth by Charles Robert Cockerell

Milan Cathedral, exterior and interior views
Milan Cathedral or Duomo di Milano, exterior and interior views, circa 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Comparison of mountain heights including Dhaulagiri in the Himalayas, Chimborazo, Mont Blanc, Mount Etna, and the mountain towns of Chota (Micuipampa), Quito, and Cinchoma

Buddhist Temple of Borobudur, Java, Indonesia, circa 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823

Interior of the Abu Simbel rock temples, Nubia, Egypt
Interior of the Abu Simbel rock temples to Pharaoh Ramesses II and his queen Nefertiti, Nubia, southern Egypt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs

Abu Simbel rock temples in Nubia, southern Egypt
Abu Simbel rock temples to Pharaoh Ramesses II and his queen Nefertiti, Nubia, southern Egypt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

British Raj hunters shooting tigers in India
British colonial hunters mounted on elephants with Indian guides chasing and shooting at a tiger in a river in India. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz from Friedrich Johann

Views of the town and port of Essaouira (Mogadore) 1, and Morocco city 2, Morocco, North Africa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Peacock worm, Sabella pavonina, and feather duster worm, Bispira volutacornis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Cashmere goats and sheep. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823

Puente Nuevo bridge over the Guadalevin river at Ronda, Spain. Built by architect Jose Martin de Aldehuela. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Hessen from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur

Drooping she-oak, Allocasuarina verticillata
Drooping she-oak or drooping sheoak, Allocasuarina verticillata (Casuarina quadrivalvis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Exotic seaweeds
Delesseria sanguinea, Claudea elegans, Padina pavonica, and Porphyra purpurea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

An Sgurr or the Notch, Isle of Eigg, Hebrides
An Sgurr or the Notch, pitchstone mountain on the Isle of Eigg, Hebrides, Scotland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Hessen from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Balsam apple, Clusia rosea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823

Hen and Chicks 1902
A mother hen and her seven chicks

Beehive Scene 1902
Humanised bees in a hive

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