Birds Collection (page 22)

Birds nest orchid, Neottia nidus-avis (Birds nest ophrys, Ophrys nidus-avis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1792

Puffball mushrooms
Fluted birds nest, Cyathus striatus, spiny puffball, Lycoperdon echinatum (Lycoperdon gemmatum), Lycoperdon piriforme, giant pasture puffball, Mycenastrum corium, and paltry puffball

Plaque showing Vitruvian scroll and birds nest. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co. from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood

Wall painting from a room in the House of the Epigrams, Reg. V, Ins. 1, No. 18. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhns Les Plus Belles

Platter from Nevers, France, with landscape scene of boy and dogs at river, within border of cupids, birds, and flowers. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient

Persian-genre plates from Nevers, France, decorated with birds, tulips and foliage. Hand-finished chromolithograph by Ris Paquot from his General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery

Plate from Nevers, France, decorated with an Italian-genre hunting scene within a border of putti, birds and foliage. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Vase from Aprey, Haute-Marne, France, decorated with exotic birds and foliage. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery

Casque or helmet pitcher from Sinceny, France, 18th century, Oriental birds and flowers and mans head at the spout. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Plate from Sinceny, France, 18th century, Oriental landscape with birds and flowers. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery

Platter from Rouen, France, with fantasy Oriental landscape of pagoda, mountains, birds and flowers in imitation chinoiserie

Platter with handles from Rouen, France. Decorated with a fantastical Oriental scene with king, throne, parasol, birds, flowers

Soup dish and plate from Saint Omer, France. Decorated with Chinese landscape scene, insects, birds. Hand-finished chromolithograph by Ris Paquot from his General History of Ancient French

Fountain vase from Saint Omer
Fountain vase decorated with faces and lions, and painted birds and flowers, from Saint Omer, France. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Plates or assiettes from Florence, Italy, decorated with flowers and birds, 18th century. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery

Plates from Savona, Italy, 18th century, with Oriental landscapes, flowers and birds. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery

Plates from Milan, Italy, decorated with enamel flowers and birds. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris

Porcelain inkstand and birdcage from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century. Underside of birdcage decorated with painting of birds and insects

Saucer for a pitcher from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century, with a Chinese landscape with peacocks, exotic birds and flowers

Ceramic fountain from Moustiers, France, decorated with sea god Neptune with trident, cupids and birds. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Passenger pigeon or wild pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius. Extinct. Handcoloured woodblock print by Benjamin Fawcett from Francis Orpen Morris History of British Birds, Bell Daldy, London, 1857

Great auk, Pinguinus impennis. Extinct. Handcoloured woodblock engraving by Benjamin Fawcett from Francis Orpen Morris Natural History of British Birds, London, 1850

Birds eye, Veronica chamaedrys, and yellow germander, Teucrium flavum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Three birds flying, Linaria triornithophora. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after Thomas Shotter Boys from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825

White-bellied minivet, Pericrocotus erythropygius (Cawnpore flycatcher). India. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823

Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark, Eremopterix griseus (Duree finch, Emberiza gingica). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823

Red-throated parrotfinch, Erythrura psittacea (Parrot finch, Fringilla psittacea). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823

Common redpoll, Carduelis flammea (Crimson-crowned finch, Fringilla flammea). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823

Black-headed yellow-collared weaver, Ploceus melanocephalus capitalis (Capital tanager, Tanagra capitalis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Summer tanager, Piranga rubra, perhaps a young adult with patches of buff plumage. (Variegated tanager, Tanagra variegata)

Dickcissel, Spiza americana (Black-throated bunting, Emberiza americana). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Golden-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia atricapilla (Black-crowned bunting, Emberiza atricapilla). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Diamond firetail, Stagonopleura guttata (Spotted-sided grosbeak, Fringilla leucocephala). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Red-and-black grosbeak, Periporphyrus erythromelas. Near threatened. (Black-headed grosbeak, Loxia erythromelas.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Crimson-breasted grosbeak. Unknown or possibly extinct species of grosbeak native to Africa. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Ou, Psittirostra psittacea. Critically endangered
Ou, Psittirostra psittacea, male (top) and female. Critically endangered, possibly extinct. (Parrot-billed grosbeak, Loxia psittacea)

White-backed mousebird, Colius colius (White-backed coly, Colius leuconotus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Lindo chatterer. Perhaps the swallow tanager, Tersina viridis, but with the under part of the body blue, not white. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Bearded bellbird, Procnias averano (Variegated chatterer, Ampelis variegata). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

White bellbird, Procnias albus, male and female (Carunculated chatterer, Ampelis carunculata). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Siberian rubythroat, Luscinia calliope (Kamschatkan thrush, Turdus calliope). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

White-rumped shama, Copsychus malabaricus macrourus. (As Long-tailed thrush, Turdus macrourus.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Black wheatear, Oenanthe leucura (White tailed thrush, Turdus leucurus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

South Island piopio, Turnagra capensis. Extinct
New Zealand South Island piopio, Turnagra capensis. Extinct. (Thick-billed thrush, Turdus crassirostris.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Southern saddleback, Philesturnus carunculatus, male and female (Wattled starlings, Sturnus carunculatus). Near threatened

Tufted coquettes, Lophornis ornatus (Tufted-necked hummingbirds, Trochilus ornatus). Male and female. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Purple-throated carib, Eulampis jugularis (Garnet-throated hummingbird, Trochilus granatinus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Crimson sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja seheriae (Goulpourah creeper). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

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