Daytime Collection (page 8)

Female parasitic wasp
A female parasitic wasp inspecting an oak apple which she will pierce with her ovipositor to lay her eggs

Drawing by Harold Auerbach, waterwheel and stream
Pen and ink drawing by Harold Auerbach, waterwheel and stream. Date: circa 1910

Drawing by Harold Auerbach, Solothurn, Switzerland
Pen and ink drawing by Harold Auerbach, Solothurn, Switzerland, April 1910. Date: 1910

Wartime fashion section, Britannia and Eve, 1940
Fashion editorial for the forthcoming Spring embellished by four drawings of women wearing daytime jacket dresses designed by famous designers

The Ambuscade
Plate 19 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1875

WW2 poster, In an air raid, what motorists must do
WW2 Civil Defence poster, In an air raid, what motorists must do, by day, at night. Date: early 1940s

Lion Gate. S. Xiv Bc. Greece. Peloponnese. Arcadia
Lion Gate. s.XIV BC. GREECE. PELOPONNESE. ARCADIA. Mycenae. Gate of the second stage (1350-1330 BC) located in the north of the wall with lions over the lintel. Mycenaean art. Architecture

Malaspina expedition. Tonga islands (1793). Sepulcher of Paulajo, a ruler of the islands. Drawing by Fernando Brambila. Drawing. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Americas Museum

Codex Granatensis: Tacuinum Sanitatis. 1400. Folio 85r. Illustration about dates, Fruits which strengthen the bladder. Codex C-67 of Granada with fragment of medieval handbook on health

Palace of Darius I. Apadana or Audience Hall. 6th c. BC. IRAN. Persepolis. Detail of capital of column capital with protome bull shaped. High relief. Persian art. Achaemenid period. Sculpture on rock

Tomb of Darius I the Great. 6th c. BC. IRAN. Persepolis. In the upper relief is represented the people who worship the god Ahura Mazda before the altar of fire. Persian art. Achaemenid period

IRAN. Persepolis. Palace of Darius. Relief of Darius I the Great sitting on his throne with dignitaries, 521 BC. Persian art. Relief on rock

ZULOAGA, Santiago Agust�(18th century). Spanish
ZULOAGA, Santiago Agust� (18th century). Spanish miltary marine. Navigation Manual and dictionary Tratado instructivo y prᣴ ico de maniobras navales

SABATTIER, Louis R魹(1863 - 1935). End of the
SABATTIER, Louis R魹 (1863 - 1935). End of the First World War. 1918. The liberation in the Place de la Concorde of Paris. Watercolour

United States (1811). Battle of Tippecanoe
United States. Battle of Tippecanoe (4th November, 1811). General Harrison soldiers fight against Tecumseh indians

Spain (19th c. ). Economy (1885)
SPAIN. Barcelona. Sants Montjuic. Textile company La Espa񡠉 ndustrial, dedicated to spinning, weaving and printing of cotton. Founded in 1847 in Madrid and moved to Barcelona in 1851

Roman ships
MONLEON Y TORRES, Rafael (1835-1900). History of the navigation: Ships of the Ancient Rome. Military bireme and trade ship. Watercolour. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Navy Museum

RENOIR, Pierre Auguste. Little Girl Carrying
RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919). Little Girl Carrying Flowers or The Little Gleaner. 1888. Impressionism. Oil on canvas. BRAZIL. Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo Museum of Art

RUBENS, Pieter Paul. Bacchanal
RUBENS, Peter Paul (1577-1640). Bacchanal. 1615. Flemish art. Oil. RUSSIA. MOSCOW. Moscow. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

Ponziano Loverini. Gaetano Donizetti
LOVERIANO, Ponziano (1845-1929). Gaetano Donizetti. 1875. Oil on canvas. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Bergamo. Donizetti Museum

Portrait of Montezuma II. Engraving
MONTEZUMA II (1467-1520). Aztec king (1502-1520). Portrait of Montezuma II, last Mexican King. Engraving

OLEFFE, Auguste (1867-1931). Young girl at the waters edge. 1899. Impressionism. Oil on canvas. BELGIUM. WALLONIA. HAINAUT. Tournai. Fine Arts Museum

MONDRIAN, Piet. Windmill
Mondrian, Piet (1872-1944). Windmill. 1906. Post-Impressionism. Oil on canvas. Private Collection

MEIFREN I ROIG, Eliseu. Garden
MEIFREN I ROIG, Eliseu (1859-1940). Garden. Impressionism. Oil on canvas

Juan Carlos I of Spain
JUAN CARLOS I of Spain (1938). King of Spain from 1975. The Prince Juan Carlos participating in Commemoration of the Victory Parade of 1936 of the spanish civil War. April 1, 1970. SPAIN. Madrid

Martorell. Puente Diablo. Engraving
Martorell. Puente del Diablo or Devils Bridge by F.X.Parcerisa, c.1839. Illustration from the collection Recuerdos y bellezas de Espa񡧠 (Souvenirs and beauties of Spain). Litography. SPAIN

KANDINSKY, Wassily. Murnau with Church
KANDINSKY, Wassili (1866-1944). Murnau with Church. 1910. Expressionism. Oil on canvas. NETHERLANDS. NORTH BRABANT. Eindhoven. Municipal Van Abbe Museum

HERRERA, Sebastiᮠde. Portrait of Charles II
HERRERA BARNUEVO, Sebastiᮠ de (1619-1671). Portrait of Charles II as a Child and his Ancestors. ca. 1667. On the wall there are four paintings with their ancestors

Georgia. Gori. Statue of Stalin
GEORGIA. SHIDA KARTLI. Gori. Statue of Stalin. Sculpture

Franco-Prussian War. Siege of Paris
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Siege and bombardment of Par� by the Prussian army. From left to right, Prussian king William I, general Moltke and chancellor Bismarck. Etching. ITALY

DURER, Albrecht. The Apocalypse of St. John
DURER, Albrecht (1471-1528). Apocalypse of St. John. 1496-1498. The Angel shuts again the Evil in Hell. Detail. Flemish art. Xylography. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Correr Museum Library

Alfonso Carlos I de Borbon y Austria-este (1849-1936). Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne. Portrait with the military dress of the army of the Pontifical zouaves. SPAIN. LA RIOJA

Turdus merula, common blackbird
Photograph of a female common blackbird, taken in the museum wildlife garden

Drawing 25 from the Watling Collection
25. Mr White, Harris & Laing visiting Botany Bay Colebee

Eumaeus atala, atala butterfly caterpillar
Atala caterpillar feeding on cycad plant. These butterflies are native to south Florida, U.S.A. Photographed by Jason D. Weintraub

20th Century Art: Wildlife sketch no. 28, by David Measures
Ball point pen and watercolour. Not wishing to follow traditional methods of scientific illustration, Measures chose to develop a technique which enabled an immediate method of recording his

A view of Government Farm at Rose Hill, New South Wales 1791
Drawing 18 from the Watling Collection titled A view of Government Farm at Rose Hill, New South Wales 1791 by a Port Jackson Painter, 1791

Catopuma temminckii, Asian golden cat
Felis temminckii. 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)

Agathis australis, kauri pine
Kauri pine, New Zealand. This tree is the source of resin known as kauri gum. Figure 5 from Amber The Natural Time Capsule by Andrew Ross, 1998

Silk cotton tree at St. Thomas, West Indies
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Silk Cotton tree, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

H. M. S. Challenger, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Schistosoma spp. blood fluke
The blood fluke (Schistosoma spp.) is the cause of the disease bilharzia or schistosomiasis in humans

Ascaris lumbricoides, human roundworm
The human roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) is the largest nematode to parasitize humans, growing up to 16 inches long

Lingula sp. brachiopod
Lingula is a genus of brachiopods within the class Lingulata. Lingula has been around for more that 550 million years

Monodon monoceros, narwhal and Delphinapterus leucas, beluga
Plate 47 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21

Porzana parva, little crake
Plate 90 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Falco vespertinus, red-footed falcon
Plate 20 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

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