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William Smith Geological Map
Catopuma badia, bay catFelis badia. Plate from A Monograph of the Felidae, or Family of the Cats, 1833, by Daniel Giraud Elliot. One of 43 hand-coloured lithographs by Joseph Wolf (1820-1899) and Joseph Smit (1836-1929)
Strigops habroptilus, kakapoWatercolour by John Gerrard Keulemans (c. 1887-1905), from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A history of the Birds of New Zealand (1887-88)
Giant octopusPlate 26 from Histoire naturelle des Mollusques by Count Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon, 1805
Ichthyosaurus, PlesiosaurusWatercolour painting by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, (1809-1889). These marine reptiles live in Europe duing the early Jurassic period about 200 millions years ago
Oriolus oriolus, Eurasian golden oriolePlate 31 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Falco rusticolus, gyrfalconPlate 13 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Scottish Pine Forest poster with captions by Barbara Nicholson made for a printed wallchart. Signed B.EN, wallchart EB13, printed by Westerham Press, England
Emberiza calandra, corn buntingPlate 26 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
A fantasy illustration of marine reptilesThe Sea-Dragons as they lived. Frontispiece by John Martin from The Book of the Great Sea-Dragons by Thomas Hawkins, 1840
HeathlandOriginal artwork for Heathland by Barbara Nicholson, signed B.E.N. copyright British Museum (Natural History) 1973, printed in England by Lund Humphries
Neofelis nebulosa diardi, clouded leopardFelis diardi. Plate from A Monograph of the Felidae, or Family of the Cats, 1833, by Daniel Giraud Elliot. One of 43 hand-coloured lithographs by Joseph Wolf (1820-1899) and Joseph Smit (1836-1929)
Heathland poster with captions by Barbara Nicholson, signed B.E.N. copyright British Museum (Natural History) 1973, printed in England by Lund Humphries
Mergus merganser, goosanderPlate 331 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
Extinct marine reptilesSheet 1 of a series of posters called Extinct Animals by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862. This collection of marine reptiles lived during the Jurassic period between 200
Scleromochlus were bipedal reptiles that grew to around 3 feet long. They lived around 200 million years during the end of the Triassic period. Illustration by Neave Parker
DiplodocusWeighing around 20 tonnes & reaching up to 26 metres in length Diplodocus is one of the longest-known dinosaurs. It lived 155 to 145 million years ago during the Upper Jurassic
PolacanthusThis dinosaur was from the family of armoured skinned dinosaurs, the Ankylosaurs. It was around 14 feet in length living around 125 million years ago. Fossils have been found in the Isle of Wight, UK
TriceratopsThe three-horned dinosaur which lived during the Upper Cretaceous period, 67 to 65 million years ago. It grew up to 9 metres in length and fossils have been discovered in USA
Geological unconformity on the river Jed. Plate 3 from Theory of the Earth (1795) Vol. 1, by James Hutton
Phoeniconaias minor, lesser flamingoPencil and watercolour drawing by Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (1918) from his African birds sketchbook
Iguanodon and HylaeosaurusSheet 3 of a series of posters by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862, showing Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus. Date: circa 1862
Schistosoma spp. blood flukesBlood flukes mating. These parasites are found in man and other mammals. Snails are the intermediate hosts
Lama pacos, alpacaAlpaca. Llama Alpaca, 1884. Hand coloured lithograph of a drawing by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins from Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall; Hoofed Quadrupeds, 1850
Schistocerca gregaria, desert locustA desert locust perching on a branch. Locusts sometimes swarm to form groups of up to 80 million and can migrate over large distances
William Smiths geological mapPart of William Smiths geological map of Great Britain, published in 1815
Accipiter gentilis, northern goshawk, Accipiter cooperii, CoPlate 141 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
Aix galericulata, mandarin duckPlate 69 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph
Scene in Wealden TimesScene from the Wealden times, during the Cretacous period. Painting, oil on canvas, by Eli Marsden Wilson (1877-1965), before 1935. Original held at the Natural History Museum, London
Heteropoda venatoria, huntsman spiderThis a large brown spider with a flattened body structure and a leg span of between 7 and 12 cm. These spiders hunt at night, and mainly prey upon cockroaches
Coal forest dioramaA diorama of a Carboniferous coal forest (354 to 290 million years ago) previously on display at the former Geological Museum which is now part of the Natural History Museum, London
Phoenicopterus ruber, greater flamingoPlate 431 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
Caprimulgus europaeus, European nightjarPlate 1 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Leaf-cutter ants carrying pieces of leafLeaf-cutter ants transporting neatly extracted pieces of leaf. These ants derive from the rainforests of Central and South America
Selasphorus rufus, rufous hummingbirdPlate 379 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
Accipiter striatus, sharp-shinned hawkPlate 374 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
Troglodytes troglodytes, winter wrenPlate 118 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Nyctea scandiaca, snowy owlPlate 34 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Balaena mysticetus, bowhead whale
Falco sparverius, American kestrelPlate 142 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
PterodactylDrawing of a Pterodactyl, an extinct flying reptile that lived during the Mesozoic era from around 251 millon years ago to 65 million years ago during the time of the K-T extinction
Alopochen aegyptiaca, Egyptian goosePlate 5 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Gromphadorhina portentosa, hissing cockroachA pair of hissing cockroaches also known as the Madagascan hissing cockroach. This species of roach is chocolate brown with no wings
Callipepla californica, Californian quailPlate 413 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
Main components of the Solar SystemPanoramic artwork showing the relative distances of the planets from the Sun
Pharomacrus mocinno, resplendent quetzal
Sturnella magna, eastern meadowlarkPlate 136 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
Pipistrellus pipistrellus, common pipistrellePlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
