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Double coconut palm tree, Seychelles-Island cocoa-nut, Lodoicea sechellarum, female and male.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan
Pineapple flower and fruit, Ananas comosus.. Pineapple flower 1 and fruit 2, Ananas comosus. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Friedrich Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)
South Africa (XIX). Zulu Kingdom (1883). Restoration Cettewayo, king of the Zulus. Cetewayo attends the ceremony indaba conference to meet the Induna (Zulu and Xhosa leaders)
Horse chestnut tree; Horse-Chesnut tree. Engraving by John Miller, from John Evelyn, Silva; or, A discourse of forest-trees.Page 166. Date: 1776
The Loss Book at Lloyds of London, 1877Engraving showing a group of Lloyds underwriters consulting the Loss Book in their offices, after a bad spell of storms in the winter of 1876-7
Tattersalls, Knightsbridge, London, 1864Engraving showing the exterior of Tattersalls Horse and Carriage Market, Knightsbridge, 1864
Benjamin Disraeli at a Carlton Club BanquetEngraving showing members of the Carlton Club toasting Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881) (seated centre), during a banquet held at the Riding-School, Knightsbridge
Medea and Jason stealing the Golden FleeceDepiction of Medea and Jason from Greek mythology. Medea drugs a serpent while Jason prepares to kill it and steal the Golden Fleece. Venus and a winged youth stand at their side
Quince tree and fruit, Cydonia oblonga Pyrus cydonia, Linn. Coignassier. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier Artificial
Peacock flower, Caesalpinia pulcherrimaPeacock flower or Barbadoes cesalpinia, Caesalpinia pulcherrima. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Miss Sara Maund from Benjamin Maund and the Rev
View of London from St. Pauls, on Lord Mayors DayIncredible panoramic view of London from the roof of St. Pauls Cathedral, looking west. The Lord Mayors Procession can be seen heading up Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill past the cathedral. Date: 1889
Araucaria columnaris & A. heterophyllo - Coloured copper engraving by Warner based on watercolours by Ferdinand Bauer, A.B. Lambert, A description of the genus Pinus, London, 1803, t.39 Date: 1803
High Street, Belfast in the 17th CenturyA copy of an engraving of High Street, Belfast in the 17th Century, there are buildings, people and horses. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s
Alonso Perez de Guman, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (1550-1615). Grandee of Spain, a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece since 1581. Commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armada. Engraving. Portrait
Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Scene cult initiation, 16Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Inside. Scene cult initiation, 1675. Engraving by Dutch Hooglhe Romeyn (1645-1708). Baroque. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Netherlands
Catholic Kings, Isabella and Ferdinand. Spain. Colored engraCatholic Kings, Isabella I (1451-1504) and Ferdinand II (1452-1516). Engraving. Colored
Federico Cattani Amadori (1856-1943). Colored engravingFederico Cattani Amadori (1856-1943). Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura (1924-1935). Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1877. Colored
Moctezuma II, Hernan Cortes, Pedro de Alvarado, Gonzalo deConquerors and conquered. Moctezuma II (1467-1520), Hernan Cortes (1485-1547), Pedro de Alvarado (1485-1541), Gonzalo de Sandoval (1497-1527) and Cristobal de Olid (1488-1524). Colored engraving
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591). Italian Jesuit. ColoredSaint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591). Italian Jesuit seminarian and student at the Roman college. He died in Rome, at the service of persons infected by the plague
Trade union. Manifest published by the World Congress in LondonTrade union. Emerged from the development of the Industrial Revolution in the late nineteenth century in Great Britain. Manifest published by the World Congress in London. 1896
Roman one-horse chariot known as the Rheda, Cavruca or Cavrus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity
Anatomy of the human heart.. Anatomy of the human heart. Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees
SCOTLAND. Edinburgh. 19 cntury. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)
Map of the kingdoms of Granada and Murcia (Granata et Murcia regna) by W. Blaeu. Decorated with the Arms of both States, the figure of a surveyor and a naval combat. Published in Amsterdam, 1635
Papaver (Poppy), two varietiesTwo varieties of Papaver (Poppy) -- Papaver flore pleno rubrum (Double Red) and Papaver Eraticum rubrum (Wild Red), drawn by Basilius Besler (1561-1629)
Zodiac with winged male, poss. Cupid / ErosZodiac with winged male, poss. Cupid/Eros. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy
Twelve breeds of pigeon. Drawing / Engraving from Daniel Girton, The new and complete pigeon-fancier; or, Modern treatise on domestic pigeons. Frontispiece. Date: circa 1804
Limon barbadorus. Engraving / Etching, from Giovanni Battista Ferrari, Hesperides: sive, De malorum aureorum cultura et usu libri quator. Page 259. Date: 1646
Snake skeleton by Albertus SebaTab 107 illustrating a section of snake skeleton from Thesaurus, by Albertus Seba
Hylobates sp. Pongo pygmaeus, Pan troglodytes, Gorilla goriGibbon, orangutan, chimpanzee, gorilla and human. Evidence as to Mans Place in Nature. Illustration published in Mans Place in Nature, Vol. 7 from a collection of essays by Thomas Henry Huxley, 1863
Engraving of a human skullCollected from the Admiralty Islands in the south-western Pacific, on The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for the purpose of scientific discovery
Carta marina (map of the sea). 1516. Facsimile" Carta marina (map of the sea). 1516. Facsimile. Sea map described by Carlos Sainz in his work " The name of America". Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. Americas Museum."
The Commercial Room of Lloyds of London, 1844Engraving showing a large body of the British public in the Commercial Room of Lloyds of London, the insurance company, 1844
Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, London, 1885Engraving showing a series of scenes of Clissold Park and the surrounding area, 1885. The images show (clockwise from top): Horse-Shoe Field; Church Street; Old Yew Tree; the Old Church
Board of Trade Rocket Apparatus for Saving Lives from ShipwrEngraving showing Board of Trade equipment for use to help shipwrecked sailors, 1886. The items are (from left to right, top to bottom)
The Deck of the SS Gallia, 1879Engraving showing the deck, funnel and masts of the Cunard Companys Steamship Gallia at sea, 1879. Launched earlier that year
The Grave of Charles Dickens, Westminster Abbey, 1870Engraving showing a large group of Victorian visitors to Westminster Abbey crowding round the grave of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), to pay their last respects to the English writer
The Re-cut Koh-i-noor Diamond, 1852Engraving of the re-cut Koh-i-noor ( mountain of light ) diamond, 1852. Previously owned by the Mogul emperors, the Persian Shahs and Ranjit Singh, the Lion of the Punjab
Old houses in the Butcher Row, London The right-hand corner house on St. Clements Lane reputedly used by the leaders of the Gunpowder Plot
German empress cactus, Disocactus phyllanthoides. Cactus phyllanthoides, Cactus speciosus, Catto elegante. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle
Tropical pitcher plant, Nepenthes distillatoria, Nepenthes indica, Nepente dell Indie. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali
Queens Bargemaster and Watermen in Queen Victoria sThe Queens Bargemaster of the Royal Household and 48 Watermen in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession
View of the ancient city of BabylonView of the city of Babylon, showing the ancient city with the Tower of Babel and the Hanging Gardens. Citta di Babilonia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by B
Busts of seven principal heroes of the Trojan War. From left to right: Menelaus, Paris, Diomedes, Ulysses, Nestor, Achilles and Agamemnon. Sette principali Eroi della Guerra Trojana
Common jasmine, Jasminum officinale, Linn. Sp. plant 9. Jasmin commun. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier Artificial
Little Women - The March family under a treeLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott - The March family under a tree, enjoying a picnic on Mrs Marchs 60th birthday. 1880
Macleays swallowtail, Graphium macleayanus (Macleays butterfly, Papilio macleayanus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn
Wels catfish and Blochs catfishWels catfish, Silurus glanis 74, and Blochs catfish, Pimelodus blochii 75. Handcolored copperplate engraving after Jacob Nilson from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish