Darwin Collection (page 5)

Eleginops maclovinus, rock cod
Rock cod (Eleginops maclovinus) specimens brought back by Charles Darwin on his voyage on HMS Beagle

Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857, squid
The squid was caught by the Falkland registered trawler John Cheek, on 15 March 2004 It was caught at a depth of 220m, 15.6 km north west of Port Stephens Settlement

Pouter, domestic pigeon
This pigeon is from the collection of domestic pigeons donated to the Natural History Museum by Charles Darwin in 1867. The bird probably came from Darwins own aviaries

Syngnathus acicularis, deep-bodied pipefish

Scorpaena histrio, player scorpionfish
Player scorpion (Scorpaena histrio) specimens brought back by Charles Darwin on his voyage on HMS Beagle

Title page of the Darwin - Wallace paper
WP7/9 Title page of Alfred Russel Wallaces annotated copy of his joint 1858 paper with Darwin. Wallace papers, Natural History Museum, London

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1881) British born naturalist on board H.M.S. Beagle and author of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

Letter written by Charles Darwin to Emma
Part 1 of 3: see also 14143 and 14144

Mus darwinii, Darwins mouse
Plate 23 Illustration by John Gould (1804-1881) from The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Vol. 1 Part 2 Mammalia, 1838-1839, by Charles Darwin

A bryozoan colony
Scanning electron microscope image displayed on the glass screens in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Darwins Canopy Gallery at the north end of the Central Hall
Image of Darwins Canopy Gallery at the Natural History Museum (previously called Plant Power) taken in January 2008 before its renovation

Roller Tumbler, domestic pigeon
This pigeon is from the collection of domestic pigeons donated to the Natural History Museum by Charles Darwin in 1867. The bird probably came from Darwins own aviaries

Gobiesox poecilophthalmos, clingfish
Clingfish (Gobiesox poecilophthalmos) specimens brought back by Charles Darwin on his voyage on HMS Beagle

Beauty of the Quadrumana
Figures 73 to 76 showing Head of Semnopithecus comatus, head of Cebus capucinus, head of Ateles marginatus and head of Cebus vellerosus. From Darwin, C

Moving the Darwin statue
The statue returns to its original location, at the top of the main staircase in the Museums iconic Central Hall, in preparation for the celebration of Darwins bicentenary in 2009

Wallaces letter to Darwin
Letter sent to Charles Darwin by Alfred Russel Wallace

Notes made by Darwin
On a collection of coral specimens he collected during a study of reefs in 1836 at the Cocos Islands (formerly the Keeling Islands) in the Indian Ocean

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Title Page of On The Origin of Species by means of natural selection, or, the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life (1859) by Charles Darwin

Darwin in his garden Date: 1912

Darwins mother showing him a flower
A young Charles Darwin is fascinated by a little flower, shown to him by his mother. Date: 1912

AUSTRALIA. Darwin. Nourlangie Rock Art Site. Cave

Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist and author of the theory of evolution by natural selection

The Descent of Man
Frontispiece from the French edition of " The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex" published by British naturalist, Charles Darwin (1809-1882), in 1873. Date: 1873

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