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Canis lupus dingo, dingoDog of New South Wales. Drawing 52 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)
Nigella hispanica, fennel flowerDrawing 1/20 made in 1905 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Spiranthus speciosa, orchidIllustration 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
Ibis, monkey, common genet and crow designDrawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881
Vitis sp. royal muscadine grape
Asimina obovata, flag pawpaw & Asimina pygmaea, dwarf pawpawDrawing 18 (Ewan 45) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
View of the entrance into Port Jackson HarbourDrawing 4 from the Watling Collection titled A View of the Entrance into Port Jackson Harbour by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797
Amblyrhynchus cristatus, marine iguana designDrawing 23 Vol 1 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of panels in windows of first floor south front of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875
Callorhinchus milii, elephant fishWatercolour 377 unsigned and undated, entitled Warriwall, from the Watling Collection
Echinospermum squarrosum, stick-seedIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Lychnis chalcedonica, Maltese crossPlate 26 from Ladies Flower Garden Annuals (1843) by Jane Wells Loudon. Also shows Coronata, Fulgens, Agrostemma Saponaria and Gypsophylla
Conilurus albipes, white-footed tree-ratNative name Gnar-ruck. Detail from drawing 81, possibly by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c. 1797, held at the Natural History Museum
Portrait of an Aboriginal boy named NanbreeDrawing 34 from the Watling Collection titled Portrait of Nanbree by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797
Landscape with aborigines, in tondo surrounded by tools andDrawing 76 from the Watling Collection titled A Native climbing a tree near his Bark Hut and Fire by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797
View across Sydney Cove from the hospital towards GovernmentDrawing LS 6 from the Watling Collection titled Taken from the West side of Sydney Cove behind the Hospital by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797
Senna italica, Italian sennaIllustration of Italian senna from the John Fleming Collection, held at the Natural History Museum, London
Passiflora sp. passion flowerPage 74 from Illustration of the Sexual System of Linneaus (1779) vol 2, by John Miller (1715-c. 1790)
Hypericum perforatum, St. Johns wortIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Iris susiana, mourning irisIllustration from Flore des serres XI page 23, held in the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London
Drawing 22 from the Watling Collection
Poaceae: The Grass tribe, grasses used by humansPlate 175 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Potorous tridactylus, long-nosed potorooPoto Roo. Drawing 59 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)
Bison bison, American bisonPlate 123 (414) Le Bison d Amerique from Histoire Naturelle des Mammifcres, avec des figures originales, Vol. 1, 1819-42, by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Baron Georges L. C. Frederic D. Cuvier
Demoiselle and crane designsDrawing 27 Vol 2 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876. (Two separate negatives)
LabiataePlate 112 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Alligator mississippiensis, American alligatorAlligator of St Johns. Drawing 22 (Ewan 49) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Pen and ink. Size: 235 x 366
Iguana, delundung, racoon and gecko designFour springers in entrance hall. Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876
Polygonia c-album, commaFrom Illustrations of British Butterflies: with occasional figures of the larva, pupa, and food-plant (1878) by Theo Johnson
A View of the coastline on the western side of Lord Howe IslDrawing LS 5 from the Watling Collection titled View of Lord Howe Island by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797
Pogona barbata, bearded dragonDrawing 362 from the Watling Collection titled Jew Lizard, Bid de wang by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797
Caltha palustris, yellow marsh marigoldDrawing 1/9 made in 1906 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 031
Snake and plant designDrawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881
Seven molluscs, including two bivalves and five gastropodsWatercolour 390 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Wee-ang-i, Ger-my, Won-ni, Goo-rung, from the Watling Collection
Full-length portrait of an Aboriginal man named Cameragal, eDrawing 53 from the Watling Collection titled Cameragal the chief of the most powerful Tribe in New South Wales by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797
Portrait of an Aboriginal woman carrying a child on her shouDrawing 42 from the Watling Collection titled A Native Woman and her Child by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797
Camellia thea, teallustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
PassifloreaePlate 105 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Aboriginal man armed for combatDrawing 50 from the Watling Collection titled A Native of New South Wales equipt for Fight by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797
Portrait of an Aboriginal man named Gur-roo-eeDrawing 37 from the Watling Collection titled Portrait of Gur-roo-ee by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797
Ptychosperma elegans, solitare palmPlate 223 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Aboriginal woman healing a childDrawing 62 from the Watling Collection titled A woman of New South Wales cureing the head ache by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797
Dog, owl and eagle designDrawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881
Portrait of an Aboriginal man named Bi-GongDrawing 38 from the Watling Collection titled Portrait of Bi-Gong by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797
Aboriginal men fighting in a landscapeDrawing 47 from the Watling Collection titled A Native of New South Wales surprising and wounding another whilst asleep by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797
Caesalpinia sappan, Indian redwood
Bulbous plantsPlate 22 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Plantes bulbeuses
Hyssopus officinalis, hyssopIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London
An Aboriginal family in a harbour landscapeDrawing 43 from the Watling Collection titled A Native going to Fish with a Torch and flambeaux, while his Wife and children are broiling fish for their supper by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797