Chimaera Collection

Masdevallia coccinea, Trisetella gemmata, Dracula chimaera
Orchids: Masdevallia coccinea, Trisetella gemmata and Dracula chimaera. Chromolithograph from an illustration by B. Herincq from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse

Cook pine, Araucaria columnaris. (Norfolk Island pine, Araucaria excelsa). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse

Wall paintings of monsters from the Palazzo del Te, Mantua
Wall paintings of monsters, masks, tigers, winged creatures and chimera from the Palazzo del Te, Mantua. Handcoloured lithograph by Konter after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of

Ratfish or rabbitfish, Chimaera monstrosa. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804

Pitcher or ewer from Venice, Italy, with sea nymph riding a chimaera with a horses body and serpent tail. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Plate and centerpiece from Castelli and Sienna, Renaissance maiolica ware. Decorated with an angel holding an orb in a border of chimaera and foliage, and heraldic escutcheon with the initials F.C

Platter from Nuremberg, Bavaria, 18th century, decorated with scene of demons, monsters, chimaera and serpents attacking a wild boar

Bishop of Worcester praying before a crucifix, and mythical beasts above the Vicars door. Paintings from the south side of the Chancel

Ray, shark, sturgeon, lamprey, etc
Marine creatures: hagfish, Myxine glutinosa 1, river lamprey eel, Petromyzon fluviatilis 2, torpedo ray, Raja torpedo ocellata 3, great white shark, Squalus carcharias, vulnerable 4, rat fish

Dracula chimaera orchid (Masdevallia chimaera). Drawn and chromolithographed by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1873

Rat fish, elephantfish and American paddlefish
Rat fish, Chimaera monstrosa, elephantfish, Callorhinchus callorynchus, and American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula (vulnerable)

Rabbitfish or sea monster, Chimaera monstrosa. Near threatened. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Scorpion fish, rat fish, cowfish and firefish
Red scorpion fish, Scorpaena scrofa 1, rat fish, Chimaera monstrosa 2, scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis 3, and broadbarred firefish, Pterois antennata 4

Unusual marine creatures
Sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, planehead filefish, Stephanolepis hispidus, elephantfish, Callorhinchus callorynchus, spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus, and seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus

Folklore - Chimaera
To clear his name, Bellerophon performs various tasks for Iobates of Lydia, including slaying the monstrous Chimaera

Arctic Chimaera, or Rabbit Fish
Arctic Chimaera, also known as Rabbit Fish, Sea Ape and King of the Herrings. Date: 1862

Chimaera monstrosa
Plate 124 - Naturgeschichte der ausl䮤 ischen Fische : mit sechs und dreissig Ausgemalten kupfern nach originalen (1785-95) by Marcus Elieser Bloch

Callorhinchus milii, elephant fish
Watercolour 377 unsigned and undated, entitled Warriwall, from the Watling Collection

Chimaera (Chimaera arctica). Engraving after a drawing by a F.Padr󮠅 ngraving

Bellerophon & Chimaera
To clear his name, Bellerophon performs various tasks for Iobates of Lydia, including slaying the monstrous Chimaera

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