Drooping Collection

The Nurse of the Negus Menelik of Abyssinia (Ethiopia). She certainly appears to have nursed a few in her time... Date: circa 1910s

Drooping sheoak, Allocasuarina verticillata, a nitrogen-fixing tree native to Australia. Casuarina quadrivalvis, Casuarina a quatre valves

Curly mesquite, Hilaria cenchroides, Ilaria cencroide. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

Nodding sophonitis orchid, Cattleya cernua (Drooping flowered sophronitis, Sophronitis cernua). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by W.B

Drooping round-headed heath, Erica florida var. campanulata
Drooping round-headed heath, bell-flowered variety, Erica florida var. campanulata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter Fitch from William Jackson Hookers

Drooping or Neapolitan star of Bethlehem, Ornithogalum nutans. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1794

Ginger lily, Alpinia calcarata (Drooping alpinia, Alpinia cernua). Handcoloured botanical engraving from John Sims Curtiss Botanical Magazine, Couchman, London, 1816

Drooping she-oak, Allocasuarina verticillata
Drooping she-oak or drooping sheoak, Allocasuarina verticillata (Casuarina quadrivalvis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Curtis British Entomology Plate 481
Hemiptera: Lygaeus equestris (Black-and-red Bug) [Plant: Ornithogallum nutans (Drooping Star of Bethlehem)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 171
Coleoptera: Steropus concinnus = Pterostichus madidus var. concinnus (Mountain Steropus) [Plant: Saxifraga cernua (Drooping Bulbous Saxifrage)] Date: 1824-39

Still Life with Chinese Porcelain Bowl Date: 1662

SIR STEPHEN CAVE / V FAIR
SIR STEPHEN CAVE Statesman Date: 1820 - 1880

Royal Air Force de Havilland DH. 98 Mosquito B Mk. IV DK336
Royal Air Force de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk.IV DK336. Seen in the photo is the common affliction of the Mosquito; drooping main Undercarriage doors

Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey - Ottoman Sultan
Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey (1844 - 1918). Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 until his death in 1918, Mehmed - original name Mehmed Resad - spent much of his life in seclusion until

South Africa - Queen of the Pondos
South Africa - The Queen of the Pondos. The Pondo or Phondo are a Xhosa speaking ethnic group who have given their name to Pondoland

Wanted American Heiress - Victorian Scrap
Victorian Scrap - People Who Want to Marry - " Wanted American Heiress". A lazy aristocratic young gent on the hunt for riches without effort...! Date: circa 1890s

Animals at a French Zoo - Zebu - circular picture showing man and zebu. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo

Cartoon, The Fashionable Shape, WW1
Cartoon, The Fashionable Shape, a comment on the changing fashionable style from the narrow long skirts with tunics and drooping feathers to short, bell-shaped skirts, vertical hats and high boots

Woman reading a newspaper on a train and looking sleepy. Date: circa 1960s

Mexican lupine, Lupinus elegans.. Handcolored copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1833

Drooping leschenaultia, Leschenaultia arcuata.. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Hood Fitch for Sir William Jackson Hookers Curtiss Botanical Magazine, London

The Kaiser suffers throughout the war
Before, During and After... Throughout WW1, Kaiser Wilhelms helmet slowly loses its shape and his moustache droops lower and lower as the situation progressively worsens for his side

Life Plant, Bermuda
" Life Plant", Bermuda - a vernacular name for a species of Bryophyllum - a section in the plant genus Kalanchoe of the Crassulaceae family. Date: circa 1910s

Fairest flower so palely drooping. Print showing title page illustration with entrance gate to Greenwood Cemetery. Date c1847

Consoling Madonna by Bouguereau
The Consoling Madonna (Vierge Consolatrice) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) -- the Virgin Mary, seated on a throne, comforts a distressed woman. Date: circa 1870s

HATS FOR 1929
A hat described as a cloche but with a drooping broad brim & large ribbon bow hatband; beret style hat in two colours with a trailing ribbon tie trim

Bernhardt / Chair Drooping
SARAH BERNHARDT French actress drooping in a chair

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