Dusky Collection

Bubo coromandus, dusky eagle owl
A watercolour of the dusky eagle owl (Bubo coromandus) by an unknown artist, (c. 1840), part of the Lord Ashton Collection held in the Natural History Museum, London

Evening Dress / Worth 1922
Dusky pink evening gown in a bold printed fabric with a low scooped neckline revealing a sleeveless grey bodice beneath. The skirt is draped up over one hip

Dusky coral pea, false sarsaparilla and blackhorm
Dusky coral pea, Kennedia rubicunda 1, false sarsaparilla, Hardenbergia violacea 2, and blackhorm. Kaempferia rotunda 3. Kenedies, Kempferie

c. 1890 New Zealand - Picnic at Wet Jacket Arm, Dusky Sound
c.1890 New Zealand - Picnic at Wet Jacket Arm, Dusky Sound

Common flying dragon and two-horned chameleon
Common flying dragon, Draco volans, and two-horned chameleon, Furcifer bifidus. Drago lineato o di Giava, Camaleonte forcuto

Dingy shell, dusky marbled brown and brown rustic
Dingy shell, Euchoeca nebulata1, 2, dusky marbled brown, Gluphisia crenata 3, 4, and brown rustic, Rusina ferruginea 5, 6. Phalaena obliterata, Bombyx crenata, Bombyx ferruginea

Drymonia dodonaea moth and unknown species. Bombyx trimacula, Phalaena Bombyx roboris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge

Dusky sallow, ear moth and common rustic
Dusky sallow, Eremobia ochroleuca 1, 4, Cynaeda dentalis 2, 3, ear moth, Amphipoea oculea 5, 6, and common rustic, Mesapamea secalis 7

Pine beauty and latin moth
Pine beauty, Panolis flammea 1-6, and latin moth, Callopistria juventina 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in

Long-tailed shrike, Lanius schach tricolor (Dusky shrike, Lanius obscurus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological

Dusky parrot, Pionus fuscus (Psittacus infuscatus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw

Seathorn hawk-moth, dusky hawkmoth and spurge hawkmoth
Seathorn hawk-moth, Hyles hippophaes, dusky hawkmoth, Hyles vespertilio, and spurge hawkmoth, Hyles euphorbiae. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis

Dusky scrubfowl and red-billed brushturkey
Alecthelia urvillii (believed to be a juvenile dusky scrubfowl, Megapodius freycineti), and red-billed brushturkey, Talegalla cuvieri

Duperreys scrub fowl and dusky scrub fowl
Duperreys scrub fowl, Megapodius duperreyi, and dusky scrubfowl, Megapodius freycineti. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris

Dusky dolphin and hourglass dolphin
Dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus, and hourglass dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris

Heads of tufted puffin, parakeet auklet and crested auklets
Heads of the tufted puffin, Fratercula cirrhata 1, parakeet auklet, Aethia psittacula 2, and crested auklet, Aethia cristatella 3, 4

Red kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo and dusky wallaby
Red kangaroo, Macropus rufus 1, eastern grey kangaroo, Macropus giganteus 2, and dusky wallaby, Thylogale brunii 3. Kanguroo laineux, geant, d Aroe

Greater white-toothed shrew, grey musk shrew
Greater white-toothed shrew, Crocidura russula 1, grey musk shrew, Suncus murinus 2 and dusky musk deer, Moschus fuscus, endangered 3. Musaraigne musette, Musaraigne montjourou, Musc

Dusky coral pea, Camptosema rubicundum, native to Australia. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Maori family in Dusky Bay, New Zealand. The man holds a taiaha club, the woman a spear, and all wear cloaks of skins or leaves

Dusky coral pea, Kennedia rubicunda (Dingy-flowered glycine, Glycine rubicunda). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1794

Curtis British Entomology Plate 670
Coleoptera: Centorhynchus geranii = Zacladus geranii [Plant: Geranium phaeum (Dusky Crane?s-bill)] Date: 1824-39

Woman wearing dusky pink suit 1930s
A dusky pink suit worn with a pale pink frilly blouse underneath. Date: 1930s

Fantastic Adventures - Dimensions unlimeted
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, November 1948, featuring the story Dimensions unlimeted by Berkeley Livingston. A dark skinned warrior protects a young beautiful and royal looking woman. Date: 1948

Icelinus burchami, or Dusky Sculpin, also known as Sordid Dragonet, Common Skulpin and Fox. Date: 1863

Epinephelus marginatus, or Dusky Perch. Date: 1862

Shoe design in pink and green. Date: circa 1930s

White-crested helmetshrike, Prionops plumatus, and dusky woodswallow, Artamus cyanopterus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science

Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus). formerly known as: Presbytis obscurus

Repeating Pattern - Variety of dessert dishes. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Bark canoes of Port Jackson
Watercolour 43 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Dusky Petrel (Morris)
Though Morris calls this a DUSKY PETREL, we know of no bird with that name, and it looks more like a Manx Shearwater than anything else

Dusky wolf (Lupus Nubilus)
A Dusky wolf or Black wolf (Lupus Nubilus)

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