Charles Darwin Collection (page 2)

Patagonian bolas
Illustration (p.248) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

St Helena
Illustration (p.517) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Patagonians from Cape Gregory
Illustration (p.245) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

The Origin of Species title page - Polish edition
Title page of a Polish first edition of the best-known work of Charles Darwin, the British-born naturalist and writer

Rodent
An illustration (Plate 21, Mammals) from the Zoology of the Beagle

Buenos Ayres Bullock-wagons
Illustration (p.150) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Berkeley Sound, Falkland islands
Illustration (p.214) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Hide bridge illustration (p.334) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Fossil tooth of horse, from Bahia Blanca
Illustration (p.138) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

The Origin of Species title page - Italian version
Title page of an Italian first edition of the best-known work of Charles Darwin, the British-born naturalist and writer

The Origin of Species title page - Russian edition
Title page of a Russian first edition of the best-known work of Charles Darwin, the British-born naturalist and writer

Bat
An illustration (Plate 1, Mammals) from the Zoology of the Beagle

Journal of Researches - title page
The title of page of Darwins Journal of Researches in Geology and Natural history

Tahitian
Illustration (p.438) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Shu No Kigen, Tokyo, 1914
This is the first edition of the Japanese translation of The Origin of Species. The book was published as a pocket-size edition in five volumes and includes a folding image of a speciation tree

Mylodon
Illustration (p.140) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Portrait of a Gentleman study
Opening page of The Malay Archipelago, The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of travel with studies of Man and Nature. By Alfred Russel Wallace, 1874

The zoology of the voyage of HMS Beagle
A first edition of Charles Darwins The zoology of the voyage of HMS Beagle, in three volumes

Pollicipes mitella
These barnacles were collected by Hugh Cuming who is mostly known for collecting shells. He gave Darwin his barnacle collection to study

Crepidula, slipper limpets
Slipper limpets collected by Charles Darwin in Chile on the Beagle voyage (1831-1836)

Page 186 from The Origin of Species
Page 186 of a first edition of On The Origin of Species by means of natural selection, or, the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life (1859) by Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

Eimeo and barrier reef
Illustration (p.432) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Mocking bird
An illustration (Plate 17, Birds) from the Zoology of the Beagle

Page 187 from The Origin of Species
Page 187 of a first edition of On The Origin of Species by means of natural selection, or, the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life (1859) by Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

Ladies Combs, Banda Oriental
Illustration (p.186) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Back page of Wallace - Darwin paper, with Wallaces notes
WP7/9 - Back page of Alfred Russel Wallaces annotated copy of his joint 1858 paper with Darwin. Wallace papers, Natural History Museum, London

Amblyrynchus cristatus
Illustration (p.411) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

The Origin of Species title page - Spanish version
Title page of a Spanish first edition of the best-known work of Charles Darwin, the British-born naturalist and writer

Chiasognathus grantii Stephens, stag beetle
This member of the Lucanidae family was written about by Charles Darwin in chapter 10 of his book The Descent of Man

Charles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)
A statue of Charles Darwin, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, on the stairs of the Central hall at the Natural History Museum, London

The Origin of Species title page - French edition
Title page of a French first edition of the best-known work of Charles Darwin, the British-born naturalist and writer

Evening Camp, Buenos Aires
Illustration (p.128) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

The Works of Charles Darwin
A selection of various editions of Darwins writings. Darwin wrote sixteen books and many editions of some of the titles. All his writings remain in publication today in various forms and languages

The Origin of Species title page - German edition
Title page of a German first edition of the best-known work of Charles Darwin, the British-born naturalist and writer

Australian group of weapons and throwing sticks illustration (p.480) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Charles Darwin (actor)
A Natural History Museum actor playing the part of Charles Darwin

Journal of Researches in Geology and Natural history
A first edition of the one of the works of Charles Darwin, the British-born naturalist and writer

Testudo abingdonii, Galapagos Islands
Illustration (p.397) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Irregular troops illustration (p.85) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Bringing in a prisoner illustration (p.84) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Bad weather, Magellan Straits
Illustration (p.229) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Darwin statue, September 1927
The 2.5 tonne marble statue of Darwin was unveiled in June 1885 after a worldwide public appeal raised &, xfa; 4500. The statue by Sir Joseph Boehm cost &

Carollia perspicillata, Sebas short-tailed bat
Short-tailed fruit bat

Title page of Darwins Researches
Researches in Geology and Natural History (1839) by Charles Darwin (1809-1882) open at its title page

Pyrocephalus rubinus, vermilion flycatcher
Plate 6, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from Charles Robert Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, Part 3 Birds, (1838-41). This is not one of Darwins finches

Certhidea olivacea, warbler-finch
A specimen of a warbler-finch (Certhidea olivacea) collected in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

Letter from Darwin to Wallace dated November 23 1880
Photograph from the Wallace collection in the General Library of The Natural History Museum

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