Dwarf Collection (page 4)

Dwarf elephant tooth
Tooth and jawbone of the dwarf elephant Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, between 10, 000 and 800, 000 years old. This fossil tooth

Polygala amara (rev. amarella), dwarf milkwort
Illustration of Polygala amara from Flora Monacensis (1811) by Franz von Paula Schrank (1747-1835). Date: 1811

Illustration, Lycaenidae -- Hesperiidae -- Lycaena Virgaureae, Lycaena Phlaeas, Thecla Rubi, Thecla Pruni, Zephyrus Betulae, Zephyrus Quercus, Spilothyrus Alcaea, Hesperia Alveus, Hesperia Malvae

Illustration, The Water of Life -- Good Dwarf, can you not tell me where my brothers are? Date: 1909

Illustration, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, by Kupka. Date: early 20th century

Siberian musk deer, Moschus moschiferus, and Chinese forest musk deer, Moschus berezovskii.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals

Crimson amaryllis and dwarf morning glory, Hippeastrum and Convolvulus tricolor.. Handcolored stipple engraving from Le Jardinier Fleuriste, Dedie aus Dames par un Amateur Chez Marcilly, Paris, 1818

Double dwarf almond, Amygdalus pumila.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn by John Curtis and engraved by Weddell from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1820, Samuel Curtis, Walworth, London

Dwarf Spanish foxglove, Digitalis minor.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn by John Curtis and engraved by Weddell from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1820, Samuel Curtis, Walworth, London

Dwarf bastard indigo, Amorpha nana.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn by John Curtis and engraved by Weddell from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1819, Samuel Curtis, Walworth, London

Dwarf squill, Scilla pumila.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine, Samuel Curtis, 1830

Dwarf fan-palm, Chamaerops humilis.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn by John Curtis and engraved by Weddell from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1820, Samuel Curtis, Walworth, London

Dwarf magnolia with white flowers, a native of China and Java, Magnolia coco.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtiss Botanical

Pyramidal watsonia (dwarf gladiolus), native to South Africa, Gladiolus pyramidatus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtiss

Charles Stratton, the American dwarf, 1844
A review, as featured in the Illustrated London News, 1844, reporting on the recent performance of Charles S. Stratton, the American dwarf (also known as General Tom Thumb)

Vintage seed packet: Dwarf Nasturtium
A beautiful Dwarf Nasturtium seed packet from the Burts Seeds Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Jonathan Swift
SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745). Irish clergyman and satirist writer. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, best known as Gullivers Travels (1726)

Collared Lemming - adult in winter fur, feeds on buds and bark of dwarf willow sprouts and dry grass on snow surface. (Dicrostonyx torquatus)

Arctic Birch / Dwarf Birch - leaves in autumn (Betula nana). semi-tundra near Dudinka, Yenisey river basin, Russian Arctic. August

Siberian Lemming - adult feeds on vegetation at dusk in tundra. Lichens (white are Cladonia lichens), mosses and dwarf willows (Lemmus sibiricus ). tundra of Taimyr peninsula, near Dikson

Collared Lemming - adult in winter fur (large winter claws are visible); feeds on buds and bark of dwarf willow sprouts on snow surfac (Dicrostonyx torquatus)

Collared Lemming - adult in winter fur, looks like a furry ball from its back while feeding on buds and bark of dwarf willow it digs in snow (Dicrostonyx torquatus)

HMS Dwarf at sea with flags flying
HMS Dwarf, a gunboat, at sea with flags flying. Date: circa 1910

CUSCUS
(phalanger orientalis) Previously known as the Phalanger, this marsupial comes in various sub-species. The lower illustration shows the Flying Dwarf Phalanger. Date: circa 1830

Thos. Jonathan Wooler
THOMAS JONATHAN WOOLER radical journalist, editor of The Red Dwarf. Date: 1786 - 1853

SCOTTs OYSTER BAR
Scotts Oyster Bar, in the West End of London. Date: 1930s

Miniature French Horse Omnibus - Royaume de Lilliput
Miniature French Horse Omnibus, pulled by two small ponies - Royaume de Lilliput, Paris, France (a Circus-Related Midget Dwarf Troupe). Date: 1910s

French Midget Entertainment Troupe - Les Colibris - Troupe Royal de Liliput. Date: circa 1910s

Asimina obovata, flag pawpaw & Asimina pygmaea, dwarf pawpaw
Drawing 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

Hyssopus officinalis, hyssop
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Cricetinae (subfamily), dwarf hamster
Plate 12 from Recherches pour servir a l histoire naturelle des Mammifcres, Vols. 1-4, 1868-74, by Dr. Henri Milne-Edwards (1800-1885) & Dr. Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900)

Ceyx erithaca, Oriental dwarf kingfisher
Plate 36, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Bones of Achondroplastic Dwarf. From the tomb of King Mersekha around the fourth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt

Fibula of Achondroplastic Dwarf
Bones of Achondroplastic Dwarf. From the tomb of King Mersekha around the fourth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt

Humerus of Achondroplastic Dwarf
Bones of Achondroplastic Dwarf. From the tomb of King Mersekha around the fourth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt

Femur of Achondroplastic Dwarf
Bones of Achondroplastic Dwarf. From the tomb of King Mersekha around the fourth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt

Iris pumila, dwarf pogon iris
Watercolour No. 36 from the Round Small Collection by Frank Howard Round, c. 1920. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Polygala amara, dwarf milkwort
Illustration of Polygala amara, Table 83. from Icones Plantarum Medicinalium (1781) by Johann Zorn. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Salix herbacea L. DLVII, dwarf willow
An illustrative plate of dwarf willow tree foliage and fruit from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection

Casuarius bennetti, dwarf cassowary
Watercolour by John Keulemans, (c. 1900) commissioned by Lord Rothschild and drawn from a live specimen at his menagerie at Tring, Hertfordshire

Papaver alpinum, dwarf poppy
Folio 58 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Prunus persica, dwarf peach
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Naine

Zaedyus pichiy, pichi armadillo
Pichi armadillo collected by Charles Darwin at Bahia Blanca, Argentina, 1833 (formerly Daspus minutus)

Dwarf sunflowers Early 20th Century

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