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Pyrus cydonia, quinceA photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Pyrus Cydonia, quince
Insects of SurinamPlate 7 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)
Weeping WillowPlate 30 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty Two Species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. The series was originally issued in 1771
Insects of SurinamPlate 9 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)
Calypte anna, Annas hummingbird
Durio zibethinus, durian fruitPlate 146 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Oriolus oriolus, Eurasian golden oriolePlate 31 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Gossypium barbadense, cotton plantIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Scottish Pine Forest poster with captions by Barbara Nicholson made for a printed wallchart. Signed B.EN, wallchart EB13, printed by Westerham Press, England
Quercus suber, cork oakPlate 35 from `Le Regne Vegetal. Vol 16 1871. Originally called Chene liege in this publication the Cork Oak tree is now know by the name (Quercus suber)
Orangier des Gcnes, Arancio di GenovaTab. 8 from Histoire naturelle des Orangers 1818-1820, by Antoine Risso (1777-1845)
Emberiza calandra, corn buntingPlate 26 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Cephalotus follicularis, Australian pitcher plantAn illustration by Ferdinand Bauer of an Australian pitcher plant, one of the few plants capable of trapping and digesting insects
Eucalyptus crebra, narrow leaved ironbark treeFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Citrus sinensis, sweet orange
Mangifera indica, mangoIllustration from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Theobroma cacao, cocoa podPlate 49 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)
Pharmacophagus antenor, giant swallowtailGiant swallowtail butterfly and the common rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae). Plate 15 from Insects of India by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
Prunus sp. peach (Grimwoods Royal George or Grosse MignonPlate 41 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Acacia nilotica, prickly acacia treeFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Alnus glutinosa (Willd. ) XXI 4, alderAn illustration of alder tree fruit and foliage from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection
Metrosideros excelsa, Christmas treeFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Eucalyptus pruinosa, silver-leaved boxPlate 56 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Falco sparverius, American kestrelPlate 142 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
Cephalotus follicularis, Australian pitcher plantPlate 42 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Cirtus paradisi, grapefruitTab 65 from Histoire naturelle des Orangers 1818-1820 by Antoine Risso. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This illustration is entitled Pompelmouse chadec
Caprimulgus vociferus, whip-poor-willPlate 82 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
Insects of SurinamPlate 4 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)
Tropaeolum sp. nasturtiumPlate 42 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Damascena coccinea, portland rosePainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) from Les Roses Vol. 1, 1817. Illustration entitled Rosier de Portland./
Oenothera grandiflora, evening primroseUnnumbered drawing (Tab IV) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Mangifera indica, mangoPlate 234 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Ficus elastica, Indian rubber treeIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at The Natural History Museum, London
Limonier sauvage, Limone sylvaticoTab. 70 from Histoire naturelle des Orangers 1818-1820, by Antoine Risso (1777-1845)
Phormium tenax, New Zealand flaxA watercolour commissioned by Sir Joseph Banks and sketched by Sydney Parkinson during the Endeavour Voyage. Parkinson died at sea before he could complete it
A fine ripe Pomelo, peeled and cut ornamentally for tableWatercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952
Melissa officinalis, lemon balmA painting from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Garcinia mangostana, mangosteenPlate 648 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Tropaeolum majus, nasturtiumDrawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Tragopan melanocephala, western tragopanPlate 23 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Orange de Malte, Maltese blood orangeTab 13 from Histoire Naturelle des Orangers 1818 by Antoine Risso (1777-1845). Picture shows a close-up of the whole orange
Ceratagymna elata, yellow-casqued hornbillWatercolour and gouache John Gerrard Keulemans
Pachira aquatica, Malabar or Guyana chestnutWatercolour by Robert Schomburgk, 1840s Date: 1840
Gracula religiosa indica, lesser hill mynaPlate 73, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Linum usitatissimum, flaxIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Thespesia populnea, portia treeFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Salix caprea, goat willow treeAn illustrative plate of goat willow foliage and catkins from the Botany Library Plate Collection, held at the Natural History Museum, London
Oenothera parviflora L. & Oenothera biennis LNorthern evening-primrose and common evening-primrose by John Miller, first published in Figures of the most beautiful, useful