Chestnut Collection

British Forest Trees
A chart of British forest trees

Falco sparverius, American kestrel
Plate 142 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Horse chestnut tree; Horse-Chesnut tree. Engraving by John Miller, from John Evelyn, Silva; or, A discourse of forest-trees.Page 166. Date: 1776

Four fine horses wearing blinkers
A portrait of four fine horses, all wearing blinkers. Possibly a carriage team. Date: circa 1910s

Austalian estrildid finches
An illustration by M. W. Woodcock of some Australian estrildids, published in Derek Goodwins Estrildid Finches of the World (1982). Page 96, Plate 2

Horse and drunk huntsman crashing through a shop window, 19th century. Caingey Thornton in hunting pinks on Hercules, followed by Mr. Sponge on Multum in Parvo

Nuts with shells, Fruits en chaton. Filbert, Corylus maxima 1, chestnut, Castanea sativa 2, 6, hazelnut, Corylus avellana 3, almond, Prunus amygdalus 4, walnut, Juglans regia 5, 7, 8

British Countryside - Cutting Chestnuts
British Countryside - A Woodman cutting Chestnuts at Midhurst, Sussex - from which barrel hoops, fencing and bean sticks are made. Date: 1938

French street trader selling hot roasted chestnuts 1908
Parisienne woman holding out a small bag to receive some hot roasted chestnuts from a street trader. Date: 1908

Ladderback chair
Chestnut ladderback chair with oak and birch stretchers, carved shell decoration on the top rail and a rush seat, possibly made in France c.1800-1900. Date: 1800-1900

Red-line quaker, clouded buff and flounced chestnut
Red-line quaker, Agrochola lota, clouded buff, Diacrisia sannio, and flounced chestnut, Agrochola helvola. Phalaena lota, russula, Bombyx ruffina

Horse Chestnut Tree

The Pink Chestnut
A landscape oil painting, with a central subject matter of a large, pink chestnut true amongst an otherwise standard grassy countryside. Date: circa 1918

Chestnut Sunday, Bushey Park in May Date: 1923

Music cover, The Chestnut Tree, the Novelty Singing Dance Sensation. Date: 1938

Chestnut Walk Kensington Gardens London Parks
Chestnut, Walk, Kensington, Gardens, London, Parks, Landscape, scene, England, Watercolour, painting, William, Carruthers, Affleck, 12023301

Sketch by Fish of people dancing outdoors under the chestnut tree at the Cafe de Paris, Bray, 1926 Date: 1926

Carolina wren, bay-breasted warbler and chestnut-sided
Carolina wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus 1, bay-breasted warbler, Setophaga castanea 2, chestnut-sided warbler, Setophaga pensylvanica 3

Winter wren and gray catbird
Winter wren, Troglodytes hiemalis 1, and gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis cat-bird 2. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens

The Gate of the Ancient Abbey of St. Saviours Bermondsey. Founded 1082 by Aylwin Child for Cluniacs from France. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of

Indian plum, Flacourtia indica, Flacourtia sepiaria, Flacurzia delle siepi. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Tropical chestnut or nawa tree, Sterculia balanghas, Sterculia balanga. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Gomphia nitida, Gonfia lustra. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Hebrew character, black-spot chestnut, small quaker
Conistra rubiginos, Hebrew character, Orthosia gothica 1, 2, setaceous Hebrew character, Xestia c-nigrum 3, black-spot chestnut, Conistra rubiginosa 4, small quaker, Orthosia cruda 5, 6

Powdered quaker, red chestnut, brick moth, etc
Powdered quaker, Orthosia gracilis 2, red chestnut, Cerastis rubricosa 3, brick moth, Agrochola circellaris 4, 5, and archers dart, Agrotis vestigialis 6

Oak hook-tip and barred hook-tip
Oak hook-tip, Drepana binaria 1-3, and barred hook-tip, Drepana cultraria 4-7. Phalaena Bombyx hamula, sicula. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph

White ermine, Spilosoma lubricipeda. Phalaena Bombyx lubricipeda, menthastri. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in

Grey shoulder knot, flounced chestnut and conformist
Grey shoulder knot, Lithophane ornitopus 1, 2, flounced chestnut, Agrochola helvola 3-5, conformist, Lithophane furcifera 6-9

Dusky sallow, ear moth and common rustic
Dusky sallow, Eremobia ochroleuca 1, 4, Cynaeda dentalis 2, 3, ear moth, Amphipoea oculea 5, 6, and common rustic, Mesapamea secalis 7

Flounced chestnut, dotted chestnut, brown-line bright-eye
Flounced chestnut, Agrochola helvola 1, 2, dotted chestnut, Conistra rubiginea 3, 4, brown-line bright-eye, Mythimna conigera 5, and treble lines, Charanyca trigrammica 6

Red-headed chestnut, toadflax brocade and grey shoulder knot
Red-headed chestnut, Conistra erythrocephala 1-4, toadflax brocade, Calophasia lunula 5 and grey shoulder knot, Lithophane ornitopus 6

Burren green, sallow, angle-striped sallow and double
Burren green, Calamia tridens 1, sallow, Xanthia icteritia 2, angle-striped sallow, Enargia paleacea 3, 4, and double line, Mythimna turca 5, 6

Trichosea ludifica, Rhyacia lucipeta and Lamprosticta culta
Trichosea ludifica 1, 2, southern rustic, Rhyacia lucipeta 3, and Lamprosticta culta 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Black-tailed trogon and chestnut woodpecker
Black-tailed trogon or wood-louse fowl, Trogon melanurus, and chestnut or yellow woodpecker, Celeus elegans. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman

Sweet chestnut tree, Fagus castanea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Porch of an old Interregnum house in Hanover
South east view of the porch of an old Interregnum house known as General Monks house in Hanover Court, near Grub Street, 1809. Built circa 1650

Fruit trees and plants including lemon, orange, lime, soapberry, rambutan, guava, santol, langsat, quassia, krameria, limeberry, chestnut, maple, etc

Horse chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835

Lesser burdock, Arctium minus, and water chestnut, Trapa natans. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Guiana chestnut, Pachira insignis (Carolinea insignis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after Thomas Boys from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825

Greater coucal, Centropus sinensis
Greater coucal or crow pheasant, Centropus sinensis (Chestnut coucal). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Sweet chestnut, Castanea sativa, Castanea vesca, Chataignier. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Malabar chestnut or money tree, Pachira aquatica (Pachira macrocarpa). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Chinese flowering chestnut, Xanthoceras sorbifolia
Chinese flowering chestnut or bunkanka, Xanthoceras sorbifolia. China, Mongolia, Japan. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens

Sweet chestnut and almond tree
Sweet chestnut, Castanea sativa 1, and almond, Prunus dulcis 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1795

Leaves and blossom of edible chestnut, Fagus castanea
Leaves and blossom of the edible chestnut, Fagus castanea. Date: 1842

Edible chestnut tree, Fagus castanea, in Greenwich Park, south-east London. Date: 1842

Chestnut horse with white stripe looking over a stable door
Chestnut horse with a white stripe on its face looking over a stable door. Date: circa 1960s

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