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Brazil Collection

Background imageBrazil Collection: Poster, Zeppelin to South America

Poster, Zeppelin to South America
Poster advertising the German Zeppelin Hamburg-American Line, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin airship service from Friedrichshafen, Germany, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. circa 1934

Background imageBrazil Collection: Brazilian Football Team of the 1958 World Cup

Brazilian Football Team of the 1958 World Cup

Background imageBrazil Collection: Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)

Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)
Photograph of Sir Richard Francis Burton, the English explorer, linguist and diplomat

Background imageBrazil Collection: Shrunken Head - Brazil

Shrunken Head - Brazil
A shrunken head - a prized trophy of an indigenous tribe from Brazil

Background imageBrazil Collection: Ufos / Trindade Island

Ufos / Trindade Island
Flying saucer photographed over Trindade Island (Brazil) from naval training vessel Almirante Saldanha; the sighting lasted 30 seconds and was witnessed by many aboard

Background imageBrazil Collection: Plants bearing fruits and seeds

Plants bearing fruits and seeds
Plants bearing berries and seeds including guava, membrillo, brazil nut, mistletoe, spotted laurel, cannonball tree, cactus, eucalyptus, myrtle, clove, caraway, coriander, hemlock, cumin, etc

Background imageBrazil Collection: Pacific Line Poster

Pacific Line Poster
Pacific Line, Pacific Steam Line Navigation Company Liverpool, royal mail steamers to brazil and South America, 1904 1904

Background imageBrazil Collection: RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919). Pink and

RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919). Pink and Blue or, The Cahen d Anvers Girls. 1881. Impressionism. Oil on canvas. BRAZIL. Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo Museum of Art

Background imageBrazil Collection: Buddon Wood, Mountsorrel, Swithland, Leicestershire

Buddon Wood, Mountsorrel, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of the granite (or syenite) district viewed from Swithland Old Slate Quarry, including Buddon Wood, Mountsorrel, Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Leicestershire

Background imageBrazil Collection: The ship Kapunda, 1887

The ship Kapunda, 1887
The British emigrant Ship, Kapunda, which was run down and sunk off the Coast of Brazil with the loss of 298 lives in 1887

Background imageBrazil Collection: Percy H Fawcett, British explorer

Percy H Fawcett, British explorer
PERCY H FAWCETT British explorer who disappeared while exploring the Matto Grosso of Brazil

Background imageBrazil Collection: Pampulha Church, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Pampulha Church, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Church of St Francis of Assisi at Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, designed by the architect Oscar Niemeyer in the organic modern style

Background imageBrazil Collection: Brazil / Rio De Janeiro

Brazil / Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro: distant view, with Sugar Loaf Mountain

Background imageBrazil Collection: Glory bush, Tibouchina elegans

Glory bush, Tibouchina elegans (Pleroma elegans)

Background imageBrazil Collection: Brazil - Sao Paulo - panoramic view over the city

Brazil - Sao Paulo - panoramic view over the city, showing old and new buildings Date: circa late 1950s

Background imageBrazil Collection: Golden trumpet flower, Allamanda nobilis

Golden trumpet flower, Allamanda nobilis

Background imageBrazil Collection: Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - The Statue of Christ the Redeemer

Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - The Statue of Christ the Redeemer at the summit of Mount Corcovado

Background imageBrazil Collection: Epidendrum elongatum, orchid

Epidendrum elongatum, orchid
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Epidendrum secundrum

Background imageBrazil Collection: Raphael (1483-1520). Resurrection of Christ

Raphael (1483-1520). Resurrection of Christ. 1499 - 1502. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on wood. BRAZIL. Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo Museum of Art

Background imageBrazil Collection: Brazil - Street vendor in Rio de Janeiro

Brazil - Street vendor in Rio de Janeiro
Superb postcard from Brazil depicting Street vendor (seemingly specialising in pots, cans and pans) in Rio de Janeiro

Background imageBrazil Collection: Panoramic view of Guaruja, Santos, Brazil

Panoramic view of Guaruja, Santos, Brazil. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageBrazil Collection: RMSP Danube, Bahia, Brazil

RMSP Danube, Bahia, Brazil (1911). Shoesmith, Kenneth Denton 1890 - 1939. Date: 1911

Background imageBrazil Collection: Marsdenia mollissima

Marsdenia mollissima
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Cynanchum crassifolium

Background imageBrazil Collection: Ministry of Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ministry of Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Date: 1949

Background imageBrazil Collection: Brazilian Rainforest

Brazilian Rainforest
The Brazilian rainforest 150 years ago. Date: 1850

Background imageBrazil Collection: Carrying sacks of Coffee, santos, Brazil

Carrying sacks of Coffee, santos, Brazil
Carrying sacks of Coffee to be put on a ship at Santos, Brazil, South America. The total weight of the sacks is 302 kg!

Background imageBrazil Collection: Brazil & Bras Portrait

Brazil & Bras Portrait
A map of Brazil with a portrait of its then president Venceslau Bras. Brazil had declared war on Germany in 1917 during World War One

Background imageBrazil Collection: Sugar Loaf Mountain and cable car, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sugar Loaf Mountain and cable car, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sugar Loaf Mountain and a cable car, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. circa 1920

Background imageBrazil Collection: Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire

Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of quarrying (probably granite) at Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Background imageBrazil Collection: Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire

Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of granite rocks at Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Background imageBrazil Collection: Soldiers of Linhares, Brazil, in uniform

Soldiers of Linhares, Brazil, in uniform.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageBrazil Collection: Panoramic: Bahia, Brazil, South America 1873

Panoramic: Bahia, Brazil, South America 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageBrazil Collection: Bahia, Brazil, South America 1873

Bahia, Brazil, South America 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageBrazil Collection: Bahia, South America 1873

Bahia, South America 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageBrazil Collection: A Fruit Market in Rio de Janeiro by Sir John Gilbert

A Fruit Market in Rio de Janeiro by Sir John Gilbert
Coloured engraving of a Brazilian woman carrying baskets of fruit at a market in Rio. Date: 1856

Background imageBrazil Collection: Book Cover - A Patriotic School Girl by Angela Brazil

Book Cover - A Patriotic School Girl by Angela Brazil
Book Jacket - A Patriotic School Girl by Angela Brazil Date: 1918

Background imageBrazil Collection: Brazilian Pavilion, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889

Brazilian Pavilion, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889. Date: 1889

Background imageBrazil Collection: Maria II of Portugal (1819-1853). Queen of Portugal

Maria II of Portugal (1819-1853). Queen of Portugal born in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), called the Good Mother and the Educator. She reigned for two periods: 1826-1828 and 1834-1853. Portrait

Background imageBrazil Collection: Maria II of Portugal (1819-1853). Queen of Portugal

Maria II of Portugal (1819-1853). Queen of Portugal born in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), called the Good Mother and the Educator. She reigned for two periods: 1826-1828 and 1834-1853. Portrait

Background imageBrazil Collection: Botocudo men of Brazil with wooden plugs in the lip and ear

Botocudo men of Brazil with wooden plugs in the lip and ear
Portraits of Botocudo men of Brazil with their distinctive wooden plugs in the lip and ear. Botocudos. Handcoloured woodcut by L

Background imageBrazil Collection: Matses or Matis warrior of Brazil

Matses or Matis warrior of Brazil, with facial tattoos, labrets, and piercings with macaw feathers and snail shells. Maxurunas Indian, Brazil. Maxourounas (Bresil)

Background imageBrazil Collection: Nomadic Puri family relaxing in a hut made of leaves and branche

Nomadic Puri family relaxing in a hut made of leaves and branches, man lying in hammock, woman roasting meat on a fire. Amazon River, Brazil

Background imageBrazil Collection: Yellow-bellied seedeater, Sporophila nigricollis

Yellow-bellied seedeater, Sporophila nigricollis

Background imageBrazil Collection: Crimson passion flower, Passiflora kermesina

Crimson passion flower, Passiflora kermesina. Native to Brazil, introduced to the Horticultural Society garden in 1831 from Berlin

Background imageBrazil Collection: Caularthron bicornutum orchid

Caularthron bicornutum orchid. Native to Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Brazil, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia. Received from Trinidad by Messrs. Shepherd of Liverpool

Background imageBrazil Collection: Gloxinia hybrd

Gloxinia hybrd. Cross of G. speciosa and G. candida, raised at the Epsom nursery of Messrs. Young. Native to Brazil. Largest-flowered gloxinia, Gloxinia maxima

Background imageBrazil Collection: Cattleya crispa orchid

Cattleya crispa orchid
Curled petalled cattleya orchid, Cattleya crispa. Native of Brazil, sent from Rio de Janeiro by British army officer Captain Sir Henry Chamberlain in 1826

Background imageBrazil Collection: Sinningia cooperi

Sinningia cooperi. Native to Brazil, and sent to Mrs Arnold Harrison by her brother around 1829. Named for the wife of Joseph Cooper, botanic gardener at Wentworth

Background imageBrazil Collection: Tooth-like flowered zygopetalum, Zygopetalum maxillare

Tooth-like flowered zygopetalum, Zygopetalum maxillare
Tooth-like flowered zygopetalum orchid, Zygopetalum maxillare. Native to Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, sent by F. Warre from Rio de Janeiro to nurseryman George Loddiges in Hackney

Background imageBrazil Collection: Crimson cattleya orchid, Cattleya labiata

Crimson cattleya orchid, Cattleya labiata
Crimson cattleya, ruby-lipped cattleya or crimson-lipped cattleya orchid, Cattleya labiata. Imported from Brazil by English ornithologist and artist William Swainson in 1818

Background imageBrazil Collection: Sinningia cooperi

Sinningia cooperi. Native of Brazil, sent by German plant hunter Friedrich Sellow to the Berlin Botanic Garden. Mr Sellow's gesneria, Gesneria sellowi

Background imageBrazil Collection: Intermediate cattleya orchid, Cattleya intermedia

Intermediate cattleya orchid, Cattleya intermedia. Native to Brazil, brought from Mr. Harris of Rio de Janeiro by Captain Graham in 1824

Background imageBrazil Collection: Walking iris, Trimezia coerulea

Walking iris, Trimezia coerulea. Native of Brazil, introduced in 1818. Blue marica, Marica caerulea

Background imageBrazil Collection: North's false flag, Trimezia northiana

North's false flag, Trimezia northiana
North's false flag or walking iris, Trimezia northiana. Native to Brazil, introduced to the Horticultural Society in 1822. Captain Sabine's marica, Marica sabini

Background imageBrazil Collection: Manac, Brunfelsia uniflora

Manac, Brunfelsia uniflora. Poisonous shrub native to the Caribbean and South America, used in ayahuasca and other potions. Introduced from Brazil by Marshal Beresford to his sister Mrs Thomas Hope

Background imageBrazil Collection: Ocelot, Leopardus pardalis mitis

Ocelot, Leopardus pardalis mitis. (The chatl, Felis mitis)

Background imageBrazil Collection: Cattleya harpophylla orchid

Cattleya harpophylla orchid. As Laelia harpophylla, native of Brazil, exhibited by Veitch and Sons of Chelsea as Laelia cinnabarina

Background imageBrazil Collection: Prayer plant, Maranta leuconeura, native to Brazil

Prayer plant, Maranta leuconeura, native to Brazil. Sold by James Veitch and Sons, King's Road, Chelsea. As Maranta massingiana

Background imageBrazil Collection: Jonghe's cattleya orchid, Cattleya jongheana

Jonghe's cattleya orchid, Cattleya jongheana, native to Brazil. Imported by Jean de Jonghe of Brussels, discovered by Libon. As Laelia jongheana, Laelia jongneana on plate

Background imageBrazil Collection: Miltonia moreliana orchid, native to Brazil

Miltonia moreliana orchid, native to Brazil. Sketched from a plant in Lord Londesborough's collection at Norbiton. As Miltonia morelliana atro-rubens

Background imageBrazil Collection: Caiophora coronata

Caiophora coronata, native to Brazil and southern South America. Sold by Messrs. Veitch and Sons of Chelsea. As Blumenbachia coronata

Background imageBrazil Collection: Billbergia saundersii, bromeliad native to Brazil

Billbergia saundersii, bromeliad native to Brazil, named for the Swedish botanist Gustav Johan Billberg. Imported by nurseryman William Bull, King's Road, Chelsea

Background imageBrazil Collection: Small maxillaria, Maxillaria parvula

Small maxillaria, Maxillaria parvula

Background imageBrazil Collection: One-colored catasetum orchid, Catasetum purum

One-colored catasetum orchid, Catasetum purum. Native to Brazil, plants sent by Bell Edward Lloyd to Miss P. S. Falkner of Fairfield. Greenish-flowered catasetum, Catasetum semiapertum

Background imageBrazil Collection: Schaueria calytricha

Schaueria calytricha. Native to Brazil, sent by Carl Friedrich Otto from Berlin Botanic Garden. Yellow-flowered justicia, Justicia calytricha

Background imageBrazil Collection: Bird's nest anthurium, Anthurium coriaceum

Bird's nest anthurium, Anthurium coriaceum. Native to Brazil, plant brought by Captain Robert Graham of H. M. Packet-Service from Rio de Janeiro in 1824. Coriaceous pothos, Pothos coriaceus

Background imageBrazil Collection: Elliptical-leaved epidendrum orchid, Epidendrum ellipticum

Elliptical-leaved epidendrum orchid, Epidendrum ellipticum. Found in Brazil and Paraguay, sent from Rio de Janeiro by Captain Thomas Graham in 1824

Background imageBrazil Collection: Crimson cattleya orchid, Cattleya labiata

Crimson cattleya orchid, Cattleya labiata
Crimson cattleya or ruby-lipped cattleya orchid, Cattleya labiata. Native to South America, sent from Brazil by English ornithologist William Swainson. Splendid-flowered catleya

Background imageBrazil Collection: Sword-leaved ornithocephalus orchid, Ornithocephalus gladiatus

Sword-leaved ornithocephalus orchid, Ornithocephalus gladiatus. Native from Grenada, Trinidad, the Guianas, Venezuela, Ecuador, to Peru, Bolivia and Brazil

Background imageBrazil Collection: Bifrenaria harrisoniae orchid

Bifrenaria harrisoniae orchid. Native to Brazil, introduced by orchid collector Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison of Aegsburgh, Liverpool, who received it from her brother in Rio de Janeiro

Background imageBrazil Collection: Paullinia meliifolia

Paullinia meliifolia. Native to South America, and introduced from Brazil by Richardson Harrison of Aegsburgh, flowered at Liverpool Botanic Garden. Azederach-leaved paullinia, Paullinia meliaefolia

Background imageBrazil Collection: Shaving brush tree, Pseudobombax grandiflorum

Shaving brush tree, Pseudobombax grandiflorum (or Bombax album). Native to Brazil, introduced by George Loddiges, and sent by John Shepherd of the Liverpool Botanic Garden

Background imageBrazil Collection: Brazilian huckleberry, Gaylussacia brasiliensis

Brazilian huckleberry, Gaylussacia brasiliensis
Brazilian huckleberry or dangleberry, Gaylussacia brasiliensis. Native of Brazil, found by Auguste de St. Hilaire from Caravellos to St Catharine island. Named for French chemist Guy Lussac

Background imageBrazil Collection: Dwarf sophronitis orchid, Cattleya pumila

Dwarf sophronitis orchid, Cattleya pumila
Bordered dwarf cattleya or dwarf sophronitis orchid, Cattleya pumila. Imported from Brazil and raised by nurseryman George Loddiges

Background imageBrazil Collection: Gomesa uniflora orchid

Gomesa uniflora orchid. Native to South America. Imported from Brazil by Sir Charles Lemon at Carclew. One-flowered oncidium, Oncidium uniflorum

Background imageBrazil Collection: Purslane flower, Portulaca thellusonii variety

Purslane flower, Portulaca thellusonii variety
Purslane flower, believed to be a variety of Mr. Thelluson's purslane, Portulaca thellusonii, native to Brazil. Portulaca splendens, garden variety

Background imageBrazil Collection: Pink-flowered clowesia orchid, Clowesia rosea

Pink-flowered clowesia orchid, Clowesia rosea. Native to Mexico, central and south America. Imported from Brazil and raised by Reverend John Clowes at Broughton Hall

Background imageBrazil Collection: Marcetia taxifolia

Marcetia taxifolia. Native to Brazil, Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela. Loose-barked marcetia, Marcetia excoriata

Background imageBrazil Collection: Dark-purple echites, Echites atropurpurea

Dark-purple echites, Echites atropurpurea. Introduced from Brazil by nurseryman John Veitch of Exeter

Background imageBrazil Collection: Swan orchid, Cycnoches pentadactylon

Swan orchid, Cycnoches pentadactylon
Five-fingered swan-neck, Cycnoches pentadactylon. Native to Peru and Brazil. Plant obtained by George Loddiges nursery

Background imageBrazil Collection: Vriesea psittacina

Vriesea psittacina. Parrot-flowered vriesia, Vriesia psittacina. Native to Brazil

Background imageBrazil Collection: False Christmas cactus, Schlumbergera truncata

False Christmas cactus, Schlumbergera truncata. Ringent-flowered cactus, Cactus truncatus. Native of Brazil, provided by Thomas Hitchen of Norwich

Background imageBrazil Collection: Langsdorff's tobacco, Nicotiana langsdorffii

Langsdorff's tobacco, Nicotiana langsdorffii. Native of Brazil, raised from seeds sent by Mr. Langsdorff at Rio de Janeiro. Plant provided by William Anderson at the Chelsea Botanic Gardens

Background imageBrazil Collection: Aristolochia cymbifera

Aristolochia cymbifera. Marcgrave's birthwort, Aristolochia labiosa. Native of Brazil, introduced to Kew Gardens by the king's collectors Allan Cunningham and James Bowie



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