Desert Collection (page 16)

Allactaga euphratica, Euphrates jerboa
Afghan jerboa. Annotated watercolour drawing by Oliva Fanny Tonge (1858-1949), from one of 16 sketchbooks presented to the Natural History Museum in 1952

Sylvia nana, desert warbler
Desert warbler egg specimens

Desert rose specimen

River gorge, Pakistan
A dry river gorge in the Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan

Track to Arabias interior
A track leading to Arabias interior, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Arabian wadi
An Arabian wadi or gully in Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Arabian desert
The expansive salt flats of the Arabian desert, sabkha

Abu Dhabi desert
The expansive desert of Abu Dhabi, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Excavations, Pakistan
Palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum, London engage in excavations in Pakistan in search for fossil mammals dating back one million years

Desert lizard, Abu Dhabi
A desert lizard sitting on a bush photographed in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Sandstone is formed by loose grains of quartz compacted and cemented together

Pittosporum ralphii, Ralphs desertwillow
Finished watercolour by James Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Cheirotherium
Arid desert of Triassic Britain with imagined reconstructions of Cheirotherium ( hand-beast ), a labyrinthodont reptile, whose prints are common in Triassic rocks but no remains have been found

EGYPT. Giza. Khafres Pyramid. Pyramid of Khafre

Spain (1883). Biscay. Mining industry. Iron factory
" Spain (1883). Biscay. Mining industry. Iron factory of Marquiss of Mudela in the " Desert" (Bilbao). Front of the blast furnaces

LIBYA. Tadrart Acacus. Zoomorphic drawing (circa 1500 BC). Neolithic art. Cave

PERU. ICA. Southern Pan-American Highway crossing the desert

LIBYA. Tadrart Acacus. Representation of a dromedary (12.000-8000 BC). Neolithic art. Cave

CHINA. Jiayuguan. The Silk Road. Gansu Province. Gobi desert. Jiayuguan City. Overhanging Great Wall

Africa (1901). The dance of the sabre of the Bedouins in the desert. Illustration by Georges Scott

Benton - California - Arid desert plains with dead-looking shaly hills and no trees and coarse dry shrub. Date: 1952

Title page from an Italian Bible with woodcut depicting St Jerome in the desert.. From: La Biblia laquale in se contiene i Sacrosanti Libri

Camel Caravan Desert
A caravan of traders in the North African desert. Date: circa 1880

Mt. Desert, Maine. Print showing a large house on the coast with rugged coastline and a sailboat undersail off shore. Date 1888, c1889

Hagar and Ishmael in the desert. Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as the biblical Hagar in a moment of despair, sitting on the ground next to a wooden figure (Ishmael)

Steamer Penobscot: one of the fleet forming the line between Boston, Bangor & Mt. Desert. Date c1883. Steamer Penobscot: one of the fleet forming the line between Boston, Bangor & Mt. Desert

Pyramide de Cheops. View of the pyramid with people and camels in the foreground. Date 1842

Bedouins du desert Syrien Beduins of Syria. Two Bedouin men, one standing, the other seated, holding a rifle. Date between 1880 and 1900

Lost in the desert the great dramatic spectacle : written by Owen Davis. Date c1900

Lost in the desert the dramatic event of the year : written by Owen Davis. Date c1900

Camels halting in the desert, Holy Land. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Lost in the desert the sensational event of the year : a drama on new and original lines : by Owen Davis. Date c1900

Lost in the desert the dramatic event of the year. Date c1900

Ambulance camp in Sinai, Egypt
An ambulance camp in the Sinai desert, Egypt, probably during the First World War. Date: early 20th century

Group of soldiers with flag, Beersheba, Middle East
A group of soldiers with a flag at Beersheba (Bir As-Saba) in the Middle East, probably during the First World War. Date: early 20th century

Water wheel (sakia) with oxen, Egypt
A water wheel (sakia or sakieh) in Egypt, used to scoop water out of a well. Two oxen are used to drive the wheel, supervised by a boy. Date: early 20th century

Sphinx and pyramids, Giza, Egypt
The Sphinx and pyramids at Giza, near Cairo, Egypt. Two arabs with their camels can be seen on the right. Date: early 20th century

A Moor in the desart of Sahara, Africa
Plate entitled A Moor in the desart of Sahara, depicting a man on a horse riding across the desert. The book (one of three), entitled Travels through the Interior of Africa

Camels and their owners - Egypt
Two proud camel handlers and their trusty Ships of the Desert in Egypt, North Africa. Date: circa 1903

Eastern scene - Egyptian Mosque in moonlight
Two eastern types, standing by a Mosque in Egypt, bathed in moonlight Date: circa 1930s

Chivers Jellies - recipe booklet
Chivers Jellies - the cover of a little recipe booklet entitled Firm Favourites - pictured is a strawberry meringue jelly in a glass pie dish Date: circa 1930s

Workshops and Store Areas - Anglo-Iranian Oil Company works at Masjid-I-Sulaiman - one of the first active oil fields in the Middle East Date: circa 1930s

Eastern scene - Camel rider runs past a mosque Date: circa 1930s

In the Dunes - Columb-Bechar, Algerian desert. Taraza (or Tarazala, Tarazal) are wide-brimmed straw hats worn by both sexes in Morocco and Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

Eastern scene - Camels led past the Pyramids at Giza, Egypt Date: circa 1930s

USA / CALICO
The main street of Calico, a ghost town in the Mojave Desert region of southern California, U.S.A. Date: founded 1881

Camel and Young Moroccan Boy - Two Friends Date: circa 1910

Tuareg Woman - Algeria
Tuareg Woman - from a desert oasis in southern Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

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