Dragonfly Collection

Dragonflies and damselflies from Collection of Drawings by Dutch Artists, 17th-19th centuries. Held in the Entomology Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Whither Away by Florence Mary Anderson
A group of delicate looking fairies and pixies ride around on dragonflies and bees. c.1925

Plate 17 from Libellulinae Europaeae by de Charpentier
Illustration of dragonflies. Plate 17 from Libellulinae Europaeae illustrated and described by Toussint de Charpentier, 1840

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Frederic Martyns New Dictionary of Natural History, Harrison, London, 1785

Tupus diluculum, Bolsover dragonfly
Painting of Tupus diluculum (Bolsover dragonfly), a giant dragonfly from the Upper Carboniferous (354 to 290 mya)

Plate 45 from Libellulinae Europaeae by de Charpentier
Illustration of dragonflies. Plate 45 from Libellulinae Europaeae illustrated and described by Toussaint von Charpentier (1780-1847), 1840

Urogomphus eximus, fossil dragonfly
A fossil Jurassic dragonfly about 140 million years old, from the Kimmeridgian Lithographic Stone, Solenhofen, Bavaria, Germany

Aeshna sp. dragonflies
Dragonflies illustrated and described by Toussaint de Charpentier in Libellulinae europaeae descriptae e depictae (1840)

White lilies and dragonfly on a Christmas card
White lilies and a dragonfly on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Plate 13 from Libellulinae Europaeae by de Charpentier
Illustration of dragonflies. Plate 13 from Libellulinae Europaeae illustrated and described by Toussaint von Charpentier (1780-1847). 1840

Libellulium longialata, dragonfly
Fossil dragonfly from the Late Jurassic (150 million years old), Germany. On display in From the Beginning, Gallery 63, Earth Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London

de Havilland Dragonfly G-AEDK
de Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly G-AEDK (msn 7517, AW164) Date: 1938

Bullfinch, canary, butterfly, moth, etc
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula), canary songbird (Serinus canaria), and Emperor moth, Saturnia pavonia, dragonfly, beetle and other insects

Animals and insects before a statue of Ephesian Artemis
Animals, amphibia and insects in a woodland clearing before a statue of the many-breasted Ephesian Artemis. With frog, beetle, lizard, snail, dragonfly, moth, crocodile, and others

Banded and beautiful demoiselles
Banded demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens male 1, female 3, beautiful demoiselle, Calopteryx virgo var. anceps male 2, female 4, C. virgo or splendens female 5, nymph 6

Golden-ringed and blue hawker dragonflies
Golden-ringed dragonfly, Cordulegaster boltonii, female 3, and southern hawker or blue hawker dragonfly, Aeshna cyanea, male 4. Libellula forcipata, Libellula anguis

Jewelry by Veyer. Earrings, necklace and dragonfly bracelet in enamel and diamonds. Bijoux par Veyer. Pendants de cou joaillerie et emaux translucide, bracelet libellules emaux et diamants

Miles M-39B Libellula Prototype Shortly after Completion Date: 1945

Cessna A-37B Dragonfly 71-0867 - IY
United States Air Force - Cessna A-37B Dragonfly 71-0867 / IY (MSN 43405), of the 757th SOS. Later delivered to Colombia as FAC 2171. Date: circa 1975

de Havilland D.H.90 Dragonfly G-ANYK (msn 7529), at White Waltham. Date: 1958

Cessna A-37B Dragonfly 73-1090
United States Air Force - Cessna NOA-37B Dragonfly 73-1090 (MSN 43456), at Edwards Air Force Base. Date: circa 1990

Cessna OA-37B Dragonfly 71-0867 (MSN 43405), of 757th TFS AF Reserve. (later to Colombia as FAC2171) Date: circa 1980

Westland WS. 51 Dragonfly HR. 5 WG664
Royal Navy - Westland WS.51 Dragonfly HR.5 WG664 (msn W/H/34), delivering the wicked Witch during an airshow at RNAS Ford on 31 June 1963. Date: 1963

Cessna A-37B Dragonfly FAG-424
Fuerza Aerea Guatemalteca - Cessna A-37B Dragonfly FAG-424 (msn 43251, ex 69-6406), of the Escuadron de Ataque y Reconocimiento, at La Aurora-Guatemala City Air Force Base / international Airport

De Havilland Dragonfly on a test flight Date: 1938

de Havilland DH. 90 Dragonfly ZK-AFB
de Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly ZK-AFB (msn 7560, ex NZ566), at Nelson, NZ, on 6 February 1961. (Lost without trace, during a flight from Christchurch to Milford Sound, on 12 February 1962) Date: 1961

Arrowhead flower fairy, Sagittaria sagittifolia.. Handcolored steel engraving by C

Cessna A-37B Dragonfly 69-6443
United States Air Force - Cessna A-37B Dragonfly 69-6443 (MSN 43288), awaiting disposal at Davis-Monthan Air Base (transferred to Peruvian Air Force in 1996). Date: circa 1995

Cessna A-37B Dragonfly 70-1293 (MSN 43308), at Hurlburt Field Memorial Air Park, Florida. Date: circa 2000

Cessna 318 A-37B Dragonfly VH-XVA (msn 43130, ex 68-10779), of North Western Aviation Services. Date: circa 2003

Boeing 727-232 N512DA (msn 21314)
Boeing 727-232 N512DA (msn 21314, line Number 1358). of Delta Airlines at Las Vegas International Airport, with Delta 757 N614DL. Date: circa 1996

United States Air Force - Cessna OA-37B Dragonfly 73-1072 (MSN 43438), in storage awaiting disposal at Davis-Monthan Air Base. Date: circa 1996

Cessna OA-37B Dragonfly 70-1293 (MSN 43308), at Kellogg Regional Airport, Battle Creek, Michigan, shortly before moving to Hurlburt Field Memorial Air Park, Florida. Date: circa 1995

Cessna A-37B Dragonfly 73-1114
United States Air Force - Cessna NOA-37B Dragonfly 73-1114 (MSN 43539), at Edwards Air Force Base. Date: circa 1990

Cessna NOA-37B Dragonfly 70-1310
United States Air Force - Cessna NOA-37B Dragonfly 70-1310 (MSN 43325), at Edwards Air Force Base

Westland-Sikorsky WS-51 Dragonfly HR. 3 VZ965
Westland-Sikorsky WS-51 Dragonfly HR.3 VZ965, of the Fleet Air Arm Museum, at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose. Date: 1960s

Woman in long coat of otter fur with ermine collar, black hat with multi-colour feather. Grand manteau de loutre, col d hermine, chapeau noir a plume changeante

Giant dragonfly, Petalura gigantea. Australia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany, McMillan, London, 1815

Southern hawker and brown hawker dragonflies
Southern hawker or blue hawker dragonfly, Aeshna cyanea (Aeschna maculatissima), and brown hawker, Aeshna grandis, nymph, and during metamorphosis

Downy emerald dragonfly, Cordulia aenea (Metallic dragonfly, Libellula aenea)

Blue chaser, Libellula fulva (stained dragonfly, Libellula conspurcata)

Dragonflies and skimmers
Dragonflies: bar-winged skimmer, Libellula axilena 1, halloween pennant, Celithemis eponina 2, portia widow dragonfly, Palpopleura portia 3, and fulvous forest skimmer, Neurothemis fulvia 4

Exotic dragonflies and damselflies
Lucia widow dragonfly, Palpopleura lucia 1, rubyspot damselfly, Hetaerina caja 2, picture wing, Rhyothemis variegata 3, slough amberwing, Perithemis domitia 4, and smoky rubyspot damselfly

Exotic dragonflies and skimmers
Carolina saddlebags dragonfly, Tramea carolina 1, ebony jewelwing, Calopteryx maculata 2, seaside dragonlet, Erythrodiplax berenice 3, slender skimmer, Orthetrum sabina 4, and 12-spotted skimmer

Exotic dragonflies, darners and skimmers
Dragonfly larval forms 1, 2, 3, common whitetail dragonfly, Libellula lydia 4, green darner, Anax junius 5, and scarlet skimmer or crimson darter, Crocothemis servilia 6

Exotic antlion lacewings and fishfly
Antlion lacewing species: Palpares libelluloides 1, Euptilon ornatum 2, fishfly species, Chauliodes pectinicornis 3, and lacy wings, Vella americana 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Azure hawker and exotic insects
Azure hawker, Aeshna caerulea 1, Lampyris gigantea 2, Phoraspis picta 3, and lantern fly, Phrictus diadema 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Chrysanthemum indicum with dragonfly
Le kiu-hoa, La Matricaire de la Chine a fleurs blanches et violettes. Chrysanthemum indicum with dragonfly

Climbing dayflower, Commelina diffusa
La Commeline de la Chine. Climbing dayflower, Commelina diffusa, with dragonfly and butterfly

Yellow-flowered ladys nightcap, Bonamia species
La Bonamy a fleurs jaunes. Yellow-flowered ladys nightcap, Bonamia species. Named for the French physician and botanist Francois Bonamy

Chyrsanthemum indicum
La Harman. Chyrsanthemum indicum with dragonfly. Named for Harman, doctor of Nancy, doctor to the King of Poland

de Havilland DH. 90 Dragonfly G-AFVJ
de Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly G-AFVJ (msn 7521) of Airwork Limited, at Heston

RTAF Museum - Dragonfly
Helicopter Type 1 - Westland WS-51 Dragonfly H1-4/96 in the Royal Thai Air Force Museum at Don Mueang Royal Thai Air Force Base. Date: 1970s / 1980s

Goblins on a lily pad on a Christmas and New Year card
Goblins having fun on a lily pad on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Waterside scene with birds on a greetings card with white and gold ornate border. Date: circa 1890s

Migrant Hawker (lower), Brown Hawker (upper)
Watercolour on vellum, c.late 17th century Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750). From the collection of Insect paintings by Dutch Artists 17th-19th Century. Held in the Library and Archives

Libellula depressa, broad-bodied chaser
A male broad-bodied chaser dragonfly (Libellula depressa). Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Rose with butterfly and dragonfly
Plate 13 (mounted plates) from the John Reeves Collection of Entomological drawings from Canton, China

Asilidae, robber flies

Two insects and a frog on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Temptation - A frog is teased by a beautiful Dragonfly girl, who dangles a fly (trapped in a web) Date: circa 1910s

Dragonfly and beetle on a Christmas card
Dragonfly and beetle playing in the grass on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Insects riding on a frog on a Christmas card
Two insects (a bee and a dragonfly) riding on the back of a frog on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Pink and yellow roses on a Christmas and New Year card
Pink and yellow roses with a dragonfly on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Cherub riding a swan on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Goblin and dragonfly on a New Year card
Goblin sitting on a lily leaf, trying to catch a dragonfly on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Frogs playing blind mans buff on a Christmas card
Five frogs playing blind mans buff on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Fairies boating on a river on a Christmas card
Two fairies boating on a river with the aid of dragonflies on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas and New Year card with flowers and birds
Christmas and New Year card in green, grey and red (front cover) with flowers and birds. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Girl fishing with dog on a greetings card
Girl fishing with a dog at her side on a greetings card. circa 1890s

Turanophlebia, fossil dragonfly
With a wingspan close to 7 cm, Turanophlebia is one of several dragonflies rrecorded from the Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Bavaria

Westland Wagtail -unfortunately, as with other types designed around the flawed ABC Dragonfly engine, the Wagtail was abandoned

Fossil of extinct tubeworm, dragonfly, lobster and fish.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Fr

Fossils of extinct Jurassic prawn, Aeger tipularius, and dragonfly, Aeschna grandis.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, with camel, dragonfly and dogfish.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Frederic Martyns New Dictionary of Natural History, Harrison, London, 1785

Narcissus flower fairy staring at his reflection.. Handcolored steel engraving by C

The return of the flower fairies.. Handcolored steel engraving by C

Title page illustration with flower fairies hanging from a plant.. Handcolored steel engraving by C

Two young lads check out de Havilland DH90A Dragonfly, G?
Two young lads check out de Havilland DH90A Dragonfly, G-AEWZ, of Silver City Airways at the 1956 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Wisley on 15 July

Westland S51 Dragonfly 1A, G-ALIK, at the 1953 Royal Aer?
Westland S51 Dragonfly 1A, G-ALIK, at the 1953 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Hatfield on 14 June

A Bell 47B-3, G-AKFB, Sir Balan, left, and a Westland S5?
A Bell 47B-3, G-AKFB, Sir Balan, left, and a Westland S51 Dragonfly at the 1953 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Hatfield on 14 June

Oriental Egyptain Beauty wearing a Dragonfly Wing skirt
Oriental Egyptian Beauty wearing a Dragonfly Wing skirt, a very popular motif of the period in fashion and jewellery

Prince Chichibu of Japan (1902-1953), left, with Capt Geoffrey de Havilland alongside (possibly) a de Havilland DH90 Dragonfly in 1937

Westland Dragonfly HR1 of the Royal Navy

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