Skip to main content

Cornales Collection

Background imageCornales Collection: Hydrangea hortensis, French hydrangea

Hydrangea hortensis, French hydrangea
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33

Background imageCornales Collection: Nyssa ogeche, ogeechee lime & Crataegus sp. hawthorn

Nyssa ogeche, ogeechee lime & Crataegus sp. hawthorn
Drawing 35 (Ewan 4) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCornales Collection: Hydrangea sp. hydrangea

Hydrangea sp. hydrangea
Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCornales Collection: Cornus capitata, dogwood

Cornus capitata, dogwood
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCornales Collection: Hydrangea otaksa, French hydrangea

Hydrangea otaksa, French hydrangea
Hydrangea otaksa from Flora Japonica (1838) by Philipp Franz von Siebold. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCornales Collection: Dendroica striata, blackpoll warbler

Dendroica striata, blackpoll warbler
Plate 133 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

Background imageCornales Collection: Catharus fuscescens, veery

Catharus fuscescens, veery
Plate 164 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

Background imageCornales Collection: Vireo flavifrons, yellow-throated vireo

Vireo flavifrons, yellow-throated vireo
Plate 119 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

Background imageCornales Collection: Hydrangea villosa hidcote

Hydrangea villosa hidcote. Dried specimen taken from the museums herbarium. Date 20.viii.1974. No 1081

Background imageCornales Collection: Hydrangea preziosa

Hydrangea preziosa. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium. Date 20.viii.1974, No 1047. Cultivated plants from Hilliers Arboretum, England

Background imageCornales Collection: Hydrangea macrophylla Tricolor, bigleaf hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla Tricolor, bigleaf hydrangea. Cultivated plants from Hilliers Arboretum, Ampfield, Hampshire, England. Collected by (BM)NH staff. Date 20.viii.1974 No. 1048

Background imageCornales Collection: Hylocichla mustelina, wood thrush

Hylocichla mustelina, wood thrush
Plate 73 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageCornales Collection: Passerina caerulea, blue grosbeak

Passerina caerulea, blue grosbeak
Plate 122 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

Background imageCornales Collection: Melospiza lincolnii, Lincolns sparrow

Melospiza lincolnii, Lincolns sparrow
Plate 193 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

Background imageCornales Collection: Hydrangea quercifolia, oak-leaf hydrange

Hydrangea quercifolia, oak-leaf hydrange
Unnumbered drawing (Tab III) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCornales Collection: Piscidia piscipula, Jamaican dogwood

Piscidia piscipula, Jamaican dogwood
Specimen from the Sir Hans Sloane Jamaican Botanical Collection, held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCornales Collection: Zonotrichia albicollis, white-throated sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis, white-throated sparrow
Plate 8 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh, retouched by R. Havell & Son, London

Background imageCornales Collection: Columba fasciata, band-tailed pigeon

Columba fasciata, band-tailed pigeon
Plate 367 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London


All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping