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Bird illustration from Sir Hans Sloanes Natural History ofIllustration from Sir Hans Sloanes Natural History of Jamaica, Vol. 2 (1707-25)
Meleagris ocellata, ocellated turkeyA specimen of an ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocallata) on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring
Nelumbo nucifera, sacred lotusA drawing by Paul Hermann from the collection of five volumes of specimens and drawings from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1672-1677. (Vol. 5 Page 286)
Tyrannus dominicensis, grey kingbirdPlate 170 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
Passerina cyanea, indigo buntingPlate 74 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
Callaeas cinereus, kokakoFf. 52. Wtarecolour painting by George Forster (17774) annotated Callaeas cinerea and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Biziura lobata, musk duckPlate 18, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol.7, (1840-1848)
Lagopus lagopus, willow grousePlate 191 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
Casuarius bennetti, dwarf cassowaryWatercolour by John Keulemans, (c. 1900) commissioned by Lord Rothschild and drawn from a live specimen at his menagerie at Tring, Hertfordshire
Erythrina corallodendron, coral bean treePlate 189 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Cassia nodosa, pink cassiaPlate 138 from the Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Asphalatus Acacia altera MaukCopy of De Materia Medica made by the Greek physician Dioscorides. Used as standard medical work up to Middle Ages. Copy made in 1460 and owned by Sir Joseph Banks
Erythrina corallodendron, coral treeIllustration from Plantarum Horti Medici Amstelodamensis (1706) by Caspar Commelin. Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Mucuna pruriens, velvet bean
Erythrina indica, Indian coral treeIlllustration from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Tragopan temmincki, Temmincks tragopanPlate from William Beebes A Monograph of the Pheasants, Vol.1 (1918). Held in the Zoology Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Pisum sativum, crown peaFolio 73 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Lathyrus latifolius, everlasting peaFolio 42 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Gallus sonneratii, grey junglefowl
Desmodium and wild flowersKotagherry wild flowers with feeding butterflies. Plate 10 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Leucozona lucorum L. hoverflyAdult female Hover fly (Diptera: family Syrphidae) feeding on clover flowers. Hoverflies resemble bees and wasps. Most adult hoverflies feed on nectar and pollen
Genet a balais, yellow broomIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Acacia longifolia, Sydney golden wattleDrawing 461 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797. Illustration entitled Mimosa
Tetrao tetrix, black grousePlate 16 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Cercis siliquastrum, Judas treeIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Vanellus miles, masked lapwingDrawing No. 52, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection
Turdus torquatus, ring ouzel, Turdus merula, blackbirdPlate 4 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)
Hymenaea courbaril, jatoba treeFoliage of this legume tree from Dominica, Central America. Botany specimen 4322 sheet 2
Cytisus scoparius, English broomMonochrome drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1902. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Annual and biannual plants
Gallus sonneratii, grey junglefowl, G. gallus bankiva, red jPlate 69, lithograph by K.I. Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der V -Gattungen, (1831-1833)
Copal
Glycine max, soybeanIllustration of the soybean plant, part of the John Fleming Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Piscidia piscipula, Jamaican dogwoodSpecimen from the Sir Hans Sloane Jamaican Botanical Collection, held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Locust Tree, Tenerife 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
The slip and boathouses on the Marina, Bermuda 1873
Akesia africanaA photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Akesia Africana
Foulehaio carunculatus, wattled honeyeaterFf. 64. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Certhia carunculata and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Tragopan temminckii, Temmincks tragopanPlate 46 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph
Erythrina folkersii, coral treePhotograph of Erythrina folkersii
Castanospermum australe, Moreton Bay chestnutPhotograph of the seed pod of a Castanospermum australe tree
Afzelia, africana smith
Pterocarpus angolensisPhotograph of Pterocarpus angolensis seed pods. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Dendroica petechia, yellow warblerPlate 35 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
Lophura swinhoii, Swinhoes pheasantPlate 16 hand coloured lithograph by John Gould and Richard Bowdler Sharpe from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol.7, (1850-83)
Ceratonia siliqua, carob bean treeIllustration of carob beans by B. Thanner. The beans were used as weights for gems and precious metals
Syrmaticus ellioti, Elliots pheasantPlate 98 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Nelumbo lutea, American lotus and Triodopsis albolabri, snaiDrawing 34 (Ewan 59) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Pen, ink and watercolour