Collecting Collection (page 6)

Darwins beetles
Display box of beetles collected by Charles Darwin with a map of the voyage of his ship, The Beagle

Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)
Portrait of Brian Houghton Hodgson, taken in 1860, aged 60. Plate 1 from the collection made by Brian Houghton Hodgson, a ethnologist

Drawing of the British Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal. Signed by

Prionotus miles, Galapagos gurnard
Fish collected by Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Islands. From his Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle

Darwin Initiative project members
Collecting plants in the threatened Atlantic forests of the Mbaracayu Forest Nature Reserve, Paraguay

Virginia Locus Tree
Plate 10 from Sir Hans Sloanes Hortus Siccus. Fol. 3. Vol. 180. Part of the botanical collection of the Natural History Museum, London

Asio flammeus galapagoensis, short-eared owl
Plate, 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)

Paralichthys adspersus, fine flounder
Fish labelled Hippoglossus kingii collected by Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Isalnds. From his Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle

Homonota darwini and Naultinuselegans, two species of lizar

Buteo galapagoensis, Galapagos hawk
Plate, 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)

Field equipment

Collecting moths at light
Dr Gaden Robinson collecting moths at light, Rampayoh R. valley, Brunei

Collecting fossils on a field trip to Compton Bay on the Isle of Wight

Palaeontologist at work
A palaeontologist unearths a fossil specimen using a geologists hammer

Temnodontosaurus platyodon (Conybeare)
The skull of Temnodontosaurus platyodon, an Ichthyosaurus which lived between 201 and 194 million years ago in the Lower Jurassic. It was discovered by Mary Annings brother in 1811 in Lyme Regis

Baryonyx excavations
Team from the Natural History Museum, London at work on the excavation of the dinosaur Baryonyx walkeri at the Ockley brick pit in Surrey, England in June 1983

Dimorphodon macronyx
The fossil skull and lower jaw belonging to Dimorphodon macronyx. It was a giant flying reptile, or Pterosaur that lived during the Lower Jurassic period

Specimens from the Cocos-Keeling Atol
Coral specimens collected by Charles Darwin (1809-1882) during the Voyage of the Beagle in the Indian Ocean

Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852)
Portrait of Gideon Algernon Mantell, a fossil collector, geologist and surgeon. Portrait lithograph, 1836

Fossil collecting near Aveley, Essex
Palaeontologists collecting the remains of a woolly mammoth and a straight-tusked elephant from a clay pit near Aveley, Essex in 1964

Scientist on field trip
Scientist carrying out a field sample in the UK

Skull of Toxodon platensis
Three-quarters view. Skull length is 66 cms. Pleistocene specimen collected by Charles Darwin near Montevideo, Uraguay during the voyage of the Beagle 1832-1836

Foot of Macrauchenia patachonica
Maximum dimension 30.5 cms. Pleistocene specimen collected by Charles Darwin in Argentina during the voyage of the Beagle 1832-1836

Alyogyne hakeafolia (Giord) Alefeld, hibiscus
Collected by Robert Brown in Goose Island Bay, off Cape Arid, Western Australia, May 1803, during the voyage of HMS Investigator, captained by Matthew Flinders

The Chalmers-Hunt Collection
Michael Chalmers-Hunt (1920-2004), a keen and highly respected entomologist, built this fascinating collection from redundant and unwanted items discarded by other entomologists and museum curators

Dr Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852)
Gideon Algernon Mantell, L.L.D. F.R.S. &c. Fossil collector, geologist and surgeon

Collecting nematode worms
A scientist on field research collecting nematode worms

Insect collecting
Using electric nets to collect insects, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico

Theobroma cacao, chocolate
Collected by Sir Hans Sloane in Jamaica. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Illustration of Rousseaus Works, edition published
" Illustration of Rousseaus " Works", edition published in Paris in 1819. Volume 15, page 220: Depiction of a group collecting cherries. Engraving. SPAIN. Barcelona

Scottish Collection
Collecting the offering in a Scottish kirk - a small girl is encouraged to make her donation Date: early 19th century

Cover design, Regie Air Afrique timetable
Cover design, French Air Ministry, Regie Air Afrique, timetable for the Europe-Congo-Madagascar summer service. 1936

Picking Tea in Ceylon
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Tea Picking In Ceylon Date: 1927-1933

Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collect
Humorous picture showing a Japanese soldier blowing away the flimsy structures or fortifications of the Chinese. Date 1895

Segawa Kikunojo and Bando Minnosuke collecting seashells. Date between 1825 and 1830

Collecting the mail on Christmas Eve - Ashley Street, London
Collecting the mail on Christmas Eve 1955 - Ashley Street, London. The postal van bears the slightly humorous slogan (in regard to the date this photograph was taken) Post Early for Christmas !

Collecting cards depicting a story about a Chinese governor of Bac-Ninh, who, while relaxing on a hill with his rabbits, is frightened by an approaching balloon carrying sailors

Cold Harbor, Va. African Americans collecting bones of soldiers killed in the battle. Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grants Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864. Date 1865 April

Collecting cards with pictures of events in ballooning history from 1783 to 1883. Date between 1890 and 1900

Buryats - Siberia, Russia
A group of The Buryats (or Buriyads) - the largest indigenous group in Siberia, mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, a federal subject of Russia

Girl collecting eggs from the hens
Young farm girl carrying a basket of new laid eggs. Front cover of Little Chicks Play Book. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Children collecting paper to aid war effort, Walton, Essex
This group of children at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, have collected paper and cardboard for salvage to support the war effort. circa 1940

West Southwark Slate Club paying out, London
Scene showing people collecting their money on paying out day of the West Southwark Slate Club in London. A Slate Club was a society whose members contributed small sums weekly or monthly to a fund

Chiildren picking blackberries in Blackberry Dell Date: ca. 1865

Date picking and collecting - Iran
The Date Industry in Iran - picking, sorting and boxing. Date: circa 1910s

Child pulling sledge
Winter, Girl pulling sledge with christmas tree Date: 1950s

War Memorial Fund - Dog
A small dog dressed up as a nurse atop a Union Jack and next to a collecting tin for the Woolwich & District War Memorial Hospital Fund. Toby is never shunn d when asking! Date: early 20th century

Blanch Blower
Modern haymaking on a British farm, showing a close-up of the rotary rake and the intake of the Blanch Blower, a device for collecting hay after cutting. Date: 1960s

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