mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
Banksia coccinea, scarlet banksiaPlate 139 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Cephalotus follicularis, Australian pitcher plantPlate 42 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Cirtus paradisi, grapefruitTab 65 from Histoire naturelle des Orangers 1818-1820 by Antoine Risso. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This illustration is entitled Pompelmouse chadec
Caprimulgus vociferus, whip-poor-willPlate 82 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Dillenia ornataIllustration from Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (1829-30) by Nathaniel Wallich. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Nymphaea sp. water lilyWatercolour No. 15 by Walter Hood Fitch, c. mid-1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
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
Insects of SurinamPlate 4 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)
Tropaeolum sp. nasturtiumPlate 42 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Damascena coccinea, portland rosePainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) from Les Roses Vol. 1, 1817. Illustration entitled Rosier de Portland./
Piper nigrum, pepper vinePlate 24 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Oenothera grandiflora, evening primroseUnnumbered drawing (Tab IV) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Mangifera indica, mangoPlate 234 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Phaenocoma prolifera, everlastingWatercolour No. 8 by Ralph Stennett, c. early 1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Capsicum frutesceus, common chilliIllustration by by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Syncarpha vestita, Cape everlastingWatercolour No. 35 by Ralph Stennett, 1807. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Rhododendron spWatercolour No. 17 by Ralph Stennett, 1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Paeonia sp. peonyPlate 1 From Drawings of Kew Plants by Franz Bauer (1758-1840). Detailed close-up of flower head. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Marsdenia mollissimaFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Cynanchum crassifolium
Primula acaulis (vulgaris), common primrosePainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33. Illustration entitled Primevere grandiflore
Ficus elastica, Indian rubber treeIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at The Natural History Museum, London
Limonier sauvage, Limone sylvaticoTab. 70 from Histoire naturelle des Orangers 1818-1820, by Antoine Risso (1777-1845)
Phormium tenax, New Zealand flaxA watercolour commissioned by Sir Joseph Banks and sketched by Sydney Parkinson during the Endeavour Voyage. Parkinson died at sea before he could complete it
A fine ripe Pomelo, peeled and cut ornamentally for tableWatercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952
Magnolia virginiana, North American sweet bayIllustration No.4 by Peter Brown, c. 1760s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Melissa officinalis, lemon balmA painting from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Garcinia mangostana, mangosteenPlate 648 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Nyrustuca moschata, nutmegIllustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Tropaeolum majus, nasturtiumDrawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Sesamum indicum, sesame plantIllustration from the Botany Library held at the Natural History Museum, London
Protea nitida, wagon treePlate 85 from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Tragopan melanocephala, western tragopanPlate 23 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Orange de Malte, Maltese blood orangeTab 13 from Histoire Naturelle des Orangers 1818 by Antoine Risso (1777-1845). Picture shows a close-up of the whole orange
Silybum marianum, milk thistleIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Chardon Marie
Banksia serrata, old man banksiaFinished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Ceratagymna elata, yellow-casqued hornbillWatercolour and gouache John Gerrard Keulemans
Pachira aquatica, Malabar or Guyana chestnutWatercolour by Robert Schomburgk, 1840s Date: 1840
Stylidium scandens, climbing trigger plantPlate 82 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Gracula religiosa indica, lesser hill mynaPlate 73, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Linum usitatissimum, flaxIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Jasminum nudiflorum, winter jasmineIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Thespesia populnea, portia treeFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Piper methysticum, kavaFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Piper inebrians
Salix caprea, goat willow treeAn illustrative plate of goat willow foliage and catkins from the Botany Library Plate Collection, held at the Natural History Museum, London
Oenothera parviflora L. & Oenothera biennis LNorthern evening-primrose and common evening-primrose by John Miller, first published in Figures of the most beautiful, useful
Cordia sebestena, geiger treeEngraving from Natural History of Jamaica Tab 164 by Sir Hans Sloane. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Tilia albaIllustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Citrus medica, limeIllustrations of various lime varieties (Citrus medica), Pati Limoo; Hakagi Limoo; Gora Limoo; Chaen-gori Limoo; Kumural Limoo; Nature of Runjhore; Tablha Limoo