Elphick Collection

Strigops habroptilus, kakapo
Watercolour by John Gerrard Keulemans (c. 1887-1905), from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A history of the Birds of New Zealand (1887-88)

Pharomachrus moccino, resplendent quetzal
Plate from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea, (1875-1888). Hand coloured lithograph

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

Cygnus atratus, black swan
Watercolour 351 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection

Anser brachyrhynchus, pink-footed goose
Watercolour and ink by John Gould (c. 1865). An example of a prelliminary work by Gould in preparation for an illustration which would be published in one of his books

Egretta garzetta, little egret
A watercolour by James Hope Stewart, c. 1825-35. From Sir William Jardines The Naturalists Library

Ceratagymna elata, yellow-casqued hornbill
Watercolour and gouache John Gerrard Keulemans

Alcedo athhis, common kingfisher
Watercolour by Charles F. Tunnicliffe (c. 1973)

Upupa epops, common hoopoe
Plate 55, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Garrulus glandarius, Eurasian jay
Watercolour by the German ornithologist, hunter and bird collector, Christian Ludwig Landbeck (c. 1833-4)

Psephotus dissimilis, hooded parrot
Plate 14 from Ferdinand Lucas Bauers zoological watercolours and drawings observed during Captain Matthew Flinders circumnavigational survey of Australia (Investigator 1801-1803)

Dromaius novaehollandiae, emu
Drawing No. 67, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Erithacus rubecula, European robin
Watercolour by Paul Barruel (c. 1970). From Birds The Art of Ornithology by Jonathan Elphick, 2004

Dacelo novaeguineae, laughing kookaburra
Drawing No. 57, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Motacilla flava, yellow wagtail
Watercolour by Henrik Gr� ld (1924-5)

A Medieval nightmare
This hand coloured woodcut showing a human headed bird grappling a man is from Jacobus Meydenbacks Hortus Sanitatis

Anastomus lamelligerus, African open-bill
Watercolour and pencil by Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (1918). This species is a member of the stork family and mainly hunts in marshes and wetlands

Walter Rothschilds Necropsittacus borbonicus
Plate 8, a watercolour painting on paper by Henrik Gronvold from Walter Rothschilds Extinct Birds (1907). Art original 56 x 78 cm. Date: 1907

Polyplectron bicalcaratum, grey peacock-pheasant

Cacatua sulphurea, yellow-crested cockatoo
Plate from William Hayes Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, With Their Descriptions, From the Menagery of Osterley Park, London, (1794)

Corvus corone cornix, hooded (carrion) crow
Plate 30 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Bubo bubo, Eurasian eagle-owl
Plate 38 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Dryocopus martius, black woodpecker
Plate 25 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Himantopus himantopus, black-winged stilt
Large Series plate 62, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Hemignathus obscurus, lesser akialoa

Ara macao, scarlet macaw
Plate 7 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph

Phalaropus lobatus, red-necked phalarope
Ff. 63, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Ketupa zeylonensis, brown fish owl
Plate 3, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Chrysocolaptes lucidus, greater flame-backed woodpecker
Plate 19, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Loriculus sp. hanging parrot
Large Series plate 28, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Aethia cristatella, crested auklet
Ff. 38, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Platycercus caledonicus, green rosella
Ff. 16, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Philomachus pugnax, ruff
Plate 87, hand coloured engraving from Eleazar Albins A Natural History of Birds, (1734)

Ptiloris magnificus, magnificent riflebird

Junglefowl
A watercolour from Giovanni da Udines Raccolta di Uccelli (c. 1850)

Struthio camelus, ostrich
Watercolour by Sarah Stone (1788) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Goura cristata, western crowned pigeon
Watercolour by Sarah Stone (1788) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Phoenicopterus ruber ruber, greater flamingo
Watercolour by Sarah Stone (1788) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Cepphus grylle, black guillemot
Plate 219 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Lophura leucomelana, kalij pheasant
A watercolour by Lady Mary Bentinck (c. 1833)

Sericulus aureus, flame bowerbird
Plate 48 from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea, Vol. 1 (1875-88). Hand coloured lithograph

Amandava amandava, red avadavat
Watercolour by Frederick Ditmas (c. 1840)

Progne subis, purple martin

Elanoides forficatus, American swallow-tailed kite
Plate 72 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Tichodroma muraria, wallcreeper
A watercolour by Lady Mary Bentinck (c. 1833)

Historia Naturalis Title Page
The title page from Historia Naturalis (Natural History) by Pliny the Elder. This 1st edition was published in Venice in 1469. Incunabulum, illuminated with watercolour and gold paint. 400mm x 270 mm

Ramphastos vitellinus, channel-billed toucan
Original oil painting on canvas by Nicholas Aylward Vigors, (1831). 48cm x 62cm

Arborophila torqueola, common hill partridge
A watercolour by Lady Mary Bentinck (c. 1833)

Conuropsis carolinensis, Carolina parakeet
Plate 26 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Oceandroma leucorhoa, Leachs storm-petrel
Plate 260 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Fregata magnificens, magnificent frigatebird
Plate 271 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Raphus cucullatus, dodo, Ara macao, scarlet macaw
Oil painting attributed to Roelandt Savery (c. 1625). Given to The Natural History Museum, London, in 1759 by G. Edwards. See N04297 for black and white image

Passerculus sandwichensis, Savannah sparrow
Plate 109 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Calyptorhynchus lathami, glossy black cockatoo
Drawing No. 60, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Pelecanus conspicillatus, white pelican
Drawing No. 41, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Podargus strigoides, tawny frogmouth
Watercolour 296 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Great-headed Goatsucker

Falco tinnunculus, common kestrel
Plate 14 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Corvus corax, common raven
Plate 28 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Falco peregrinus, peregrine palcon
Plate 9 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Tetrao tetrix, black grouse
Plate 16 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Picus major, great spotted woodpecker
A watercolour by Pieter Holsteyn the elder (c. 1580-1662). Original artwork (141mm-181mm)

Cochoa purpurea, purple cochoa
Plate 229, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal

Ptilinopus wallacii, Wallaces fruit-dove
Plate 55 from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea, Vol. 5 (1875-88). Hand coloured lithograph

Eudynamys scolopaceus, common koel
Plate 26, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Ramphastos tucanus, white-throated toucan
Watercolour by Sarah Stone (1788) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Chrysolophus amherstiae, Lady Amhersts pheasant
Plate 64 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Picoides villosus, Picoides tridactylus, Picoides pubescens
Plate 417 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Sterna nilotica, gull-billed tern
Plate 410 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Eudocimus ruber, scarlet Ibis
Plate 397 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Bycanistes brevis, silvery-cheeked hornbill
Watercolour and pencil by Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (1940). One of twenty-three species of hornbill found in Africa

Fratercula arctica, Atlantic puffin
Watercolour by Henrik Gr� ld (c. 1926)

Tadorna cristata, crested shelduck
Watercolour by Shigeru Kobayashi (c. 1920)

Francolinus schlegeli, Schlegels Francolin
Watercolour by Henry Jones (c. 1920)

Vanellus vanellus, northern lapwing, Turdus torquatus, ring
Watercolour by Henry Payne (c. 1920)

Delichon urbica, house martin
Watercolour by Henrik Gr� ld (1924-5)

Phasianus colchicus, common pheasant
Watercolour by Frederick William Frohawk (1930). From Birds The Art of Ornithology by Jonathan Elphick, 2004

Ducula pacifica, Macropygia mackinlayi, Columba vitiensis
Watercolour by Thomas Theodore Barnard (1922)

Bubo bubo, northern eagle-owl
Watercolour and pencil by Edward Julius Detmold (c. 1930)

Merops albicollis, white-throated bee-eater
Watercolour by Chloe Elizabeth Talbot Kelly (1960)

Casuarius unappendiculatus, northern cassowary
Watercolour by Henrik Gr� ld (1915). This large flightless bird is native to New Guinea and Australia

Picus viridis, green woodpecker
Pencil and monochrome wash by Frederick William Frohawk sketched from life as seen through a telescope, (c. 1920)

Corvus corax, northern raven
Watercolour by Archibald Thorburn c.(1885-97)

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