Borealis Collection

Twinflower, Linnaea borealis, Linnea boreale. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

Twinflower or two-flowered linnaea, Linnaea borealis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany

Aurora at Bossekop
Dramatic spectacle of the Aurora Borealis seen from Bossekop, Finmark (Norway) Date: 19 January 1839

AURORA (1718)
An early sighting of the aurora

Aurora (Cig Card)
Spectacular aurora over a sailing ship in northern waters

Polar Sky with Bears
POLAR SKY with aerial phenomena above an arctic sea, polar bears and icebergs

Aurora Borealis / Lemaitre
A reindeer pulls a sleigh along with aurora borealis in the background

Sparrows, towhee and waterthrush
White-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis 1, eastern towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus 2, white-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys 3, and northern waterthrush, Parkesia noveboracensis 4

Gumbo-limbo, Bursera simaruba
Gumbo-limbo, copperwood, chaca, and turpentine tree, Bursera simaruba, Bursera gummifera, Bursera gommifera. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario

Canadian eskimo dog or qimmiq, Canis familiaris borealis. Endangered. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis. Critically endangered. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis. Endangered. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Galo borealis

Basimycetes mushrooms and puffballs: Phallus species 1, stinkhorn, Phallus impudicus 2, Aseroe rubra 3, latticed stinkhorn, Clathrus ruber 4, Clathrus crispus 5, Clathrus pusillus 6

Eskimo or eskimaux curlew, Numenius borealis. Extinct. Handcoloured lithograph from John James Audubons Birds of America, George Lockwood edition, 1870

Curtis British Entomology Plate 762
Coleoptera: Tachyporus littoreus = Sepedophilus littoreus [Plant: Linnaea borealis (Twinflower)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 560
Dermaptera: *Forficula borealis (Northern Earwig), probably = F. auricularia [Plant: Teucrium scorodonia (Wood Sage or Germander)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 302
Coleoptera: Pelophila borealis (Irish Nebria) [Plant: Ophioglossum vulgatum (Common Adder?s Tongue)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 18
Diptera: Empis borealis (Northern Empis) [Plant: Taxus baccata (Yew Tree)] Date: 1824-39

CALL OF THE WILD / HOWLING
The song of the huskies: howling under the Aurora Borealis. Date: First published: 1903

BLUNT / N. EUROPE AURORA
The aurora seen in Northern Europe Date: 1849

Calypso borealis, northern calypso orchid with pink and brown flowers. Nymph of the North.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Hercules and Corona Borealis. Astronomical chart showing Hercules about to beat Cerberus with a club, and a crown forming the constellations. Date 1825

Aries and Musca Borealis. Astronomical chart showing a ram and a fly forming the constellations. Date 1825

Aurora Borealis
Observed in Sweden

Coral / Various / 1870
GARYOPHYLLIA BOREALIS Various types

Icebergs and the Aurora Borealis, Arctic, c. 1849
Engraving of an imaginary scene showing a British Arctic expedition in the Arctic, c.1849. The engraving shows two ships in the background, with icebergs, walruses

Photographing the Aurora Borealis, 1910
Photograph of Professor Carl Stormer photographing the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights ; Bossekop in the North of Norway, 1910

Aurora Borealis / Reindeer
The Northern lights over Porsangerfjord, Norway - part of Norwegian Lapland

Aurora Borealis 1847
The Aurora Borealis as seen on October 24th 1847

Nansen Aurora - 3
Auroral crown observed and drawn by the explorer

Aurora Borealis 1893
Streamers of the Aurora sketched by Nansen during his Arctic expedition

Nansen Aurora - 2
Spectacular display observed and drawn by the explorer

Mcclintock / Franklin
McClintock in Fox discovers Franklins remains and the fate of the Franklin expedition. They also revealed about 800 miles of hitherto unknown coast. Date: 1857-59

Hercules Star Map
Hercules and Corona Borealis constellation

Eskimo Curlew (Morris)
ESKIMO CURLEW (Numenius borealis)

Blunt / N. Europe Aurora
As seen with mountains in the foreground

Blunt / Constellations / 88
The constellations Centaur, Lupus, Crux, Musca and Borealis

Aurora (Whimper) C1860
A traveller in a reindeer sleigh sees a spectacular aurora over the Northern ice

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