Eudicotinae Collection (page 2)

Corvus corone, carrion crow
Plate 58 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Persoonia lanceolata, lance leaf geebung
Finished watercolour by James Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Emberiza cirlus, cirl bunting
Plate 23 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Ranunculus biternatus, antarctic buttercup
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Ranunculus flaccidus

Banksia serrata

Grevillea banksii, red silky oak
Plate 132 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Aquilegia canadensis, wild columbine
Drawing 1/6 by Arthur Harry Church, 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 020

Delphinium ajacis, rocket larkspur
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1908. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Aquilegia vulgaris, European columbine
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Platte 023

Glaucium leuteum, horned poppy
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Helleborus viridis, green hellebore
Hellebores contain a powerful cardiac poison & narcotic. Used medicinally for a variety of conditions, it needed to be administered with care to avoid being fatal to the patient

Papaver sp. yellow poppy
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Olea europea, olive
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Olea europea, olive

Xylomelum pyriforme, woody pear
Finished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Alecto edition

Nelumbo sp. lotus
Illustration of lotus (Nelumba sp.) by Sydney Parkinson

Aconitumm napellus, monk s-hood
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 12

Two species of beetle, with larvae on a Mexican or prickly poppy. Plate 24 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)

Misumena vatia, flower spider
Female flower spiders can adapt their colour to match the flowers they hide on in order to ambush their prey

Banksia baueri, woolly banksia
Lithograph by Anton Hartinger (1806-1890) from his Paradisus Vindobonensis (1846). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Nigella damascena, love-in-a-mist
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1905. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Meconopsis napaulensis, blue poppy

Nigella orientalis, yellow fennel flower
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1905. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 062

Chelidonium glaucum, celandine
Illustration from the Botany Library held at the Natural History Museum, London

Anemone sp. anemone
Illustration from Full Directions for the Young Artist (1817) by George Brookshaw. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Franklandia fucifolia
Proof etching by I. Pye based on Ferdinand Bauers drawing prepared for A voyage to Terra Australis (1814) by Matthew Flinders

Delphinium formosum, hardy larkspur
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Clematis integrifolia, solitary clematis
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 10 July 1909

Ranunculus sp. buttercup
Illustration from Full Directions for the Young Artist (1817) by George Brookshaw. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Epimedium roseum, barrenwort
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 9 May 1909. Plate 101

Aconitum variegatum, monkshood
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 30 July 1906

Aquilegia chrysantha, golden columbine
Ink and wash drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1906. Figure for Types of floral mechanism

Nelumbo nucifera, sacred lotus
A drawing by Paul Hermann from the collection of five volumes of specimens and drawings from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1672-1677. (Vol. 5 Page 286)

Dendroica caerulescens, black-throated blue warbler
Plate 155 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

Papaver nudicaule L, arctic poppy
Papaver nudicaule L. var. rubro-aurantiacum Fisch. Ex DC. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium, collected in Russia, 1948

Papaver rhoeas L, corn poppy. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium. Seed from Poland, plant collected in 1952

Papaver rhoeas L, common poppy. Collected on the 31 August 1983. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium

Papaver rhoeas, shirley poppy, double mixed. Cultivated at Threshelfords, Kelvedon, Essex. Collected on the 23 July 1981. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium

Credneria triacuminata
A fossil leaf of Credneria triacuminata. Large leaves are indicative of humid tropical climates. This specimen is approximately 17cms wide, it was found in Heidelberg

Spizella arborea, American tree sparrow
Plate 188 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

Papaver rhoeas, field poppy
Illustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaver orientale, oriental poppy
Watercolour by William King, c. 1750s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Credneria denticulata
Cretaceous fossil leaf from Czech Republic. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

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

Ranunculus asiaticus, Persian buttercup
Folio 51 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Knightia excelsa, rewarewa
Engraving after original drawing by Ferdinand Bauer from Transactions of the Linnean Society Vol. 10, Tab 2. P.194

Protea burchellii, Burchells protea
Plate 86 from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

A species of Banksia
Drawing 430 from the Watling Collection by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797. Illustration entitled a Banksia

Banksia sp
Drawing 417 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797. Illustration entitled Honey Tree of New South Wales, native name Wattang-ree

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