Close Up Collection

Section of Chassigny meteorite
Thin section of Chassigny in cross-polarized light, showing shocked and deformed olivine grains. The field of view is 3mm

Microscope image of the Pasamonte eucrite
Microscopic image of the Pasamonte eucrite showing a basaltic texture. Field of view is 2.5mm across

Dragons - Tournai font at All Saints Church, East Meon
A close-up detailed view of the dark limestone Tournai font at All Saints Church, East Meon, Hampshire. Likely a gift from Bishop Henry de Blois

Adam and Eve - Tournai Font, All Saints Church, East Meon
A close-up detailed view of the Adam and Eve side of the dark limestone Tournai font at All Saints Church, East Meon, Hampshire

The Tournai font at East Meon Church, Hampshire
A close-up detailed view of the dark limestone Tournai font at All Saints Church, East Meon, Hampshire. Likely a gift from Bishop Henry de Blois

Impressive wooden doors of the Tower at Hampton Court Castle
Close-up view of the magnificent wooden doors of the Tower at Hampton Court (Hampton Court Castle), Leominster, Herefordshire (view from the inside). Date: 1932

Kerry Blue Terrier
Portrait of a Kerry Blue Terrier, named Ben-Edar Beth. Date: 1933

Airedale Terrier
Portrait of an Airedale Terrier, named Cotsford Topsail. Date: 1933

Bloodhound
Portrait of a Bloodhound, named Champion Leo of Reynalton. Date: 1933

Wire-Haired Fox Terrier
A portrait of a wire-haired fox terrier, named Benholme Brocade. Date: 1933

Scottish Terrier
Portrait of a Scottish Terrier, named Heather Ambition. Date: 1933

Jill Esmond
Actress Jill Esmond (1908-1990), at the time making her transition from a stage to film acting career. Date: 1931

Close-up of Cuban flag. Date: 2009

Hermes and the Infant Dionysus (detail)
Close-up facial detail of Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, also known as the Hermes of Praxiteles or the Hermes of Olympia - an ancient Greek sculpture of Hermes

Close-up view of Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England. Date: circa 1920s

Steam locomotive wheel and connecting rods
Close-up of vintage steam locomotive wheels and connecting rods. Date: circa 1950s

Steam locomotive wheel and coupling rods
Close-up of vintage steam locomotive wheel and coupling rods. Date: circa 1950s

LTV F-8FN Crusader cockpit close-up
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusader cockpit close-up, waiting for clearance from the deck crew to approach the catapult for launch, from Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Splendour beetle
Close-up of splendour beetle with legs outstretched. Specimen held within the Entomology Department at the Natural History Museum, London

Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae, mole flea
A macro photograph of the largest flea in the UK, the mole flea (Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae), which is common on small mammals throughout the UK

Schizodactylus monstrosus, monstrous dune cricket
Photograph of Schizodactylus monstrosus

Sopwith Model VII: Surface denudation of veins
This model shows the influence of surface denudation and faulting on otherwise flat, horizontal strata. The discontinuity between the beds as viewed at the surface can be seen

Charles Darwins pigeons
The original label on a pigeon specimen given to the Museum by Charles Darwin

Shell
Specimen shell held at the Natural History Museum, London

Woodlouse antenna
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) image of woodlouse antenna

Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae, mole flea
A macro photograph of the largest flea in the UK, the mole flea (Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae), which is common on small mammals throughout the UK

Physeter macrocephalus, sperm whale
Detail of the mouth of a male sperm whale skeleton on display in the Mammal and Whale Gallery (number 24), at the Natural History Museum, London. Specimen found in Caithness, Scotland in 1865

Pterocnemia pennata pennata, rhea
A mounted adult specimen of Charles Darwins rhea (Pterocnemia pennata pennata), mounted by Rowland Ward Ltd in the early 1900s

Eschrichtius robustus, gray whale
Close-up of the baleen inside the mouth of a gray whale on display in the Mammal and Whale Gallery (number 24), at the Natural History Museum, London

Gloripallium pallium, glory scallop
Detail of shell ribs on the glory scallop shell (Gloripallium pallium)

Ichthyosaur, Stenopterygius quadriscissus (Quenstedt) close-
This Ichthyosaur has been preserved with the broken-up skeletons of the unborn young inside. A fourth may have just been born - its skeleton can be seen below her tail

Snake skin

Chrysis rudii, ruby-tailed wasp
An illustration of a ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis rudii)

Carausius morosus, Indian stick insect

Ctenocephalides felis felis, cat flea
A macro photograph of the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis felis), which is also found on dogs, and is the UKs most common flea found in the domestic environment

Flint hand axe (label)
Photograph of a human-made hand axe, which was discovered in 1859, and is thought to be about 400, 000 years old. This close-up of the label shows the date and initials J.P, for John Prestwich

Microscope image of the Zagami shergottite. The fractures in the pyroxene mineral grains and the paler patches of glass show that the rock has been shocked. Field of view is 5mm

Textures of different chondrule types in the Etihudna (L4) ordinary chondrite (field of view 4mm)

Porphyritic olivine and pyroxene chondrule
Microscopic image of a porphyritic olivine and pyroxene chondrule from the Palmyra (L3) ordinary chondrite (the chondrule is about 1.8mm across)

Radial pyroxene chondrule
Microscope image of a radial pyroxene chondrule from the ALH 88036 (H3.4) ordinary chondrite. The chondrule is about 2mm across

Formosia moneta, fly

Phytalmia, antlered fly

Capsicum annuum Filius blue

Ammophila sp. sand wasp
Page 114 of Megabugs (1995) by Miranda MacQuitty. A sand wasp with her caterpillar prey

Tulipa chrijsolora, single early tulip
Plate 70 from Album van Eeden by A C Van Eeden 1872-1881. Detailed close up of chrijsolora. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaver bracteatum, Oriental poppy (detail)
Watercolour painting by John Lindley 1799-1865. Lindley was Professor of Botany at UCL (University College London) and the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) library is named after him

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