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Plain tawny rajah butterfly on a camellia flower
Plain tawny rajah butterfly, Charaxes psaphon (Nymphalis bernardus) on a camellia. Copied from Edward Donovans An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China, 1800

Quinine and red quinine bark trees
Quinine bark tree, Cinchona officinalis, and red quinine, Cinchona pubescens. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Black grouse and western capercaillie
Black grouse or blackgame, Tetrao tetrix, and western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Cheetah hunting gazelle and impala
Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, (vulnerable) and its prey, dorcas gazelle Gazella dorcas (vulnerable) and black-faced impala, Aepyceros melampus. Europeans hunting cheetahs in Africa

Varieties of geraniums or pelargoniums: the Clown, the Harlequin and Singularity. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Fossil sea urchins, Megalosaurus tooth and Gyrodus teeth
Fossils of extinct sea urchins: Cidarites maximus 1, Cidarites coronatus 2, Cidarites subangularis 3, Cidarites nobilis 4, Spatangus retusus 6, Nucleolites scutatus 7, tooth of a Megalosaurus 8

Starfish cactus, Orbea variegata (Stapelia variegata) in pot. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Red legged falcon, Erythropus vespertinus (orange legged hobby, Falco rufipes). Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Earthworm blind snake, slow worm, Cape legless
Earthworm blind snake, Typhlops lumbricalis 1, slow worm, Anguis fragilis 2, Cape legless skink, Ancontias meleagris 3 and eastern glass lizard, Ophisaurus ventralis 4

Lowland paca, chinchilla (critically endangered)
Lowland paca, Cuniculus paca 1, chinchilla, Chinchilla lanigera. critically endangered 2, and plains viscacha, Lagostomus maximus 3

Sea cucumbers: Trochodota purpurea 1, 2, Cladodactyla crocea crocea 3, Stichopus chloronotus 4, Anaperus peruvianus 5, and Holothuria (Metriatyla) lessoni 6

Southern catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides (Bignonia catalpa). Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Javan leopard-cat, colocolo and Nepalese cat
Javan leopard-cat, Felis javanensis, 1, 2, colocolo, Leopardus colocolo 3 and Nepalese cat, Felis nepalensis 4. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Nessus sphinx, Amphion floridensis 1, and Amplypterus panopus 2 moths. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

White wagtail and western yellow wagtail
White wagtail, Motacilla alba 1, 2, egg 4, and western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava 3, egg 5. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Meiolania, extinct genus of cryptodire turtle. Chromolithograph from Wilhelm Bolsches Prehistoric Animals (Tiere der Urwelt), Reichhardt Kakao Company, Hamburg, 1902

Megaloceros, extinct genus of giant deer
Megaloceros, stag and doe, extinct genus of giant deer. Chromolithograph from Wilhelm Bolsches Prehistoric Animals (Tiere der Urwelt), Reichhardt Kakao Company, Hamburg, 1902

Filicinae or fern plants: Alsophila species, Polypodium species, Asplenium nidus, Angiopteris species, Monogramma species, and Pteris quadriaurita

Siphonophorae hydrozoa: Epibulia ritteriana 1, 2, and Salacella uvaria 3-6. Chromolithograph by Adolf Glitsch from an illustration by Ernst Haeckel from Art Forms in Nature, Kunstformen der Natur

Staurozoa or stalked jellyfish: Tesserantha connectens 1, 2, Haliclystus auricula 3, 4, 5, Lucernaria bathyphila 6 and Lucernaria quadricornis 7

Asteriidae starfish: common starfish, Asterias rubens, sea star, Hymenaster echinulatus 11, and sea star, Pteraster stellifer 12

Merchant cap jellyfish, Periphylla periphylla
Peromedusae jellyfish: merchant cap jellyfish, Periphylla periphylla 1-7. Chromolithograph by Adolf Glitsch from an illustration by Ernst Haeckel from Art Forms in Nature, Kunstformen der Natur

Siphonophora jellyfish colony. Physophora hydrostatica (Discolabe quadrigata), colony, gas bladder, swimming bell, polyp, etc

Leptomedusae jellyfish: Aequorea pensilis 1, Zygocanna diploconus 2, 3, 5, many-ribbed jellyfish, Aequorea forskalea 4, and Orchistoma elegans 6

Echinoidea sea urchins: sea biscuit, Clypeaster rosaceus 1, 2, Encope emarginata 3, 4, green sea urchin, Echinocyamus pusillus 5-9

Trachymedusae jellyfish: Geryonia proboscidalis 1-7. Chromolithograph by Adolf Glitsch from an illustration by Ernst Haeckel from Art Forms in Nature, Kunstformen der Natur, Liepzig, Germany, 1904

Bryozoa moss animals: Cristatella mucedo 1-5, 10-12, Plumatella repens 6-8 and fungoid bryosoan, Plumatella fungosa 9. Chromolithograph by Adolf Glitsch from an illustration by Ernst Haeckel from Art

Crinoidea sea lilies: Saracrinus angulatus 1, 7, 8, Endoxocrinus maclearanus 2, and Endoxocrinus wyvillethomsoni 3-6. Chromolithograph by Adolf Glitsch from an illustration by Ernst Haeckel from Art

Tulip variety, Koning der Blauwen, tulipe double hative, Tulipa gesneriana. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Copies of the white dodo by Salomon Savery, male: Michiel de Groot, 1682 (17), Gijsbert de Groot, 1724 (18), Isaak van der Putte, 1733 (19) and Jan Morterre, 1757 (20). Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

Madame Valere as Anna in Robin des Bois, 1824
Soprano singer Madame Valere as Anna in the Romantic opera Robin des Bois by Carl Maria von Weber, Theatre Royal de l Odeon, 1824. Handcoloured lithograph by F

The Marquess of Downshire on horseback
Lord Downshire, the 6th Marquess of Downshire seen here on horseback talking to Mr van der Weyer. Date: 1912

Map of New Netherlands
Map of the New Netherlands area in 1652, from the writings and descriptions of Adriaen Vanderdonck. Date: 1656

Angel with coat and hand muff on a German Christmas card -- Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe (Glory to God in the Highest). Date: circa 1890s

The Shepherdess. (Der Schafer). Traditional fairy tale. The shepherd and a young girl with a basket. Artist Paul Hey Date: c.1910

Magnifying glass - Town Hall
German Environmental protest group pamphlet cover illustration: Osnabruck unter der grunen Lupe : eine Stadt verliert ganz langsam ihr Gesicht

The Codonas acrobatic act at who appeared at the Wintergarten Theatre, Berlin (Der Drei Codonas were the greatest circus stars of the first half of the 20th Century) Date: circa 1930

BATTLE OF TORGAU Friedrich der Grosse defeats the Austrians under Daun, brilliantly turning defeat into victory but at the cost of 13, 000 casualties Date: 3 November 1760

BATTLE OF TORGAU Friedrich der Grosse personally leads his Prussians to attack the Austrian rear; though repulsed, Ziethen later turns defeat into victory Date: 3 November 1760

Der Schleppentreter by Fidus
circa 1910s

A patriotic cast iron frying pan with German soldier
A patriotic cast iron frying pan with a German soldier shaking the hand of a German woman in relief on the handle. Embossed around the diameter with Der Deutschen frau opfersinn

German Singing Contest
Landgraf Hermann von Thuringen and wife Sophia preside over a singing contest featuring such top-flight minnesingers as Wolfram von Eschenbach and Walther von der Vogelweide. Date: 13th century

Walther van der Vogelweide (1165 - 1230) German minnesinger

NAPOLEON I & FDK THE GT NAPOLEON I & FDK THE GT
NAPOLEON I/SCENES While invading Prussia, he pays a respectful visit to the tomb of king Friedrich II (der Grosse) Date: circa 1808

Illustrated page from the Welschen Gast
An illustrated page from Der Waelschen Gast (The Foreign Visitor, or The Italian Visitor) of the medieval writer Thomasin von Zirclaere. The title refers to himself, as his mother tongue was Italian

EBERHARD AT DOFFINGEN Eberhard II (der Greiner), Count of Wurttemberg
Eberhard II (der Greiner) at Doeffingen Date: 23rd August 1388

Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany
Roderbogen and Markusturm in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, on the Romantic Road (Romantische Strasse) through southern Germany Date: 1988

Edmund Gwenn in Der Struwwelpeter 1913
Shocked-headed Peter, Edmund Gwenn (1877 1959), English actor as Peter in the famous German story book, first seen at the Garrick on Boxing Day

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