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Hydatina physis, rose-petal bubble shellWatercolour 399 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Kallee dere, from the Watling Collection
Plant watercolours by Elizabeth TwiningFrom a bound volume watercolour drawings of plants : including the originals for her Illustrations of the Natural Order of Plants. Watercolour on paper. c. 1840s by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Moreton Bay chestnut seed podCastanospermum australe, Moreton Bay chestnut seed pod collected in Queensland, Australia in 1909 Date: 1909
Wild Sports of South Africa, William HarrisTitle page to William Harriss collection of drawings from 1839. Date: 1839
Aquilegia vulgaris, ColumbineInk drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1903 Date: 1903
Mucuna with insects in different life stagesHand-coloured engraving based on Maria Sibylla Merian watercolour. From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1726 edition. Date: 1726
Spiders, insects and hummingbird on guava treeHand-coloured engraving based on Maria Sibylla Merian watercolour. From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1726 edition. Date: 1726
Hura crepitans, sandbox treeGeorg D Ehret watercolour of Hura crepitans, 1740s. 511 x 372 mm. Date: 1740
Nymphaea rubra, Indian red water lilyIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection, held at the Natural History Museum, London. Painted by Sydenham Teast Edwards and engraved by Francis Sansom
Flindersia australis, crow ash tree
Nyssa ogeche, ogeechee lime & Crataegus sp. hawthornDrawing 35 (Ewan 4) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Passiflora, passion fruit pollenPage 38, a watercolour of passiflora pollen from Drawings by Francis Bauer, depicting epidermis, hairs, pollen grains and Moustrosities
Silk cotton tree at St. Thomas, West IndiesA 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 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Viscum album, mistletoePlate 11 from Botanicum Medicinale (1759) by Timothy Sheldrake. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Trifolium montanum, mountain cloverIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Hibiscus cannabinus, kenafPlate 2 from the Botany Library Indian Drawings Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Macropiper excelsum, kawakawa pepper treeFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Piper myristicum
Thunbergia grandiflora, blue trumpet vinePlate 739 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Gracula religiosa, hill mynaPlate 71, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Fagus sylvatica, European beechIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Beech tree foliage
Daucus carota, carrotIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Diospyros sp. ebony treeIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Myrmecodia beccarii, anthouse plantFinished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson, made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Areca catechu L. betel nut palmIllustration of the betel nut palm tree with a study of the betel nut. Artist unknown. Plate held in the Botany Library plate collection, the Natural History Museum, London
Chrysanthemum x morifolium, chrysanthemum. Plate 582 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Chaetodon lunula, raccoon butterflyfishFf. 27a Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Salix viminalis, osier willowIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Osier willow foliage
Benincasa hispida, wax gourdFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Cucurbita pruriens
Lens esculenta, lentilIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Citrus bergamia, bergamia orangeIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Balsamodendron myrrah, myrrh gum treePlate 60 from Medicinal Plants by Robert Bentley & Henry Trimen, Vol 1 1880. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Falco vespertinus, red-footed falconPlate 20 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Nymphaea coerulea, blue Egyptian water lilyIllustration from The Temple of Flora (1812) by Dr Robert John Thornton (1768-1837)
Hibiscus tiliaceus, sea hibiscusFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Hibiscus tricuspis
Artocarpus altilis, breadfruit treeFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Sitodium altile
Paeonia cvPlate 2 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Lavandula pinnata, lavenderIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Neem TreeIllustration of a Neem Tree held in the Botany Library a the Natural History Museum, London
Geranium pratense, meadow cranesbillPlate 114 from Flora Londinensis (1826) Vol 1 by William Curtis
Magnolia sp. fossil magnolia leafA fossil magnolia leaf from the Upper Cretaceous, Senonian, leaf from Harz, Saxony. Specimen 240 mms long
Physostigma venenosum, calabar beanIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Cephaelis ipecacuanha, ipecac
Achras zapota, chicle treeIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Passiflora caerulea, blue passion flower
Symphytum officinale, common comfreyIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Brasenia schreberi, water shieldPlate 3 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Gallus gallus, red junglefowlPlate 32, a watercolour by Joseph Wolf from Daniel G. Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)