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LS Plate 174 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
LS Plate 115 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
LS Plate 163 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Plate 139 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Plate 121 from the John Reeves Collection
LS Plate 168 from the John Reeves Collection
Sterna paradisaea, Arctic ternPlate 72 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Acipenser stellatus, star sturgeonPlate 17 from Fishes of Economic Importance of the USSR by Lev Semenovich Berg and others (1949)
Caranx hippos, Crevalle jackFf. 221. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Sterna sandvicensis, Sandwich ternPlate 69 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Nemadactylus macropterus, tarakihiFf. 206. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
LS Plate 171 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Plate 138 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Caranx melampygus, bluefin trevallyFf. 95 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
LS Plate 157 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Pagrosomus auratus, snapperFf. 72 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
LS Plate 156 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Sargocentron tiere, blue lined squirrelfishFf. 70 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Fregata minor, great frigatebirdPlate 961, hand coloured copper engraving by Francois Nicolas Martinet from Georges Louis Leclerc, le comte de Buffons Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, Vol. 9, (1784)
LS Plate 161 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Dactylopterus volitans, flying gurnardFf. 103 Vol 2. Unfinished watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Galaxias argenteus, giant kokopuFf. 205. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Syrrhaptes paradoxus, Pallass sandgrousePlate 11 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Carangoides crysos, blue runnerFf. 94 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
LS Plate 114 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Arripis trutta, Australian salmonFf. 68 Vol 2. Unfinished watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Cyprinus auratus, goldfishPlate 121 from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Uraspis helvolus, cottonmouth jackFf. 227. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Oligoplites saurus, leatherjacketFf. 97 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Elanoides forficatus, swallow-tailed kitePlate 4, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Thyrsites atun, barracudaWatercolour 372 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Wel-gnoo-roo, from the Watling Collection
Selar crumenophthalmus, bigeye scadFish labelled Caranx torvus collected by Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Islands. From his Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle
Hemidoras stenopeltis, catfishDrawing by Alfred Russel Wallace of the catfish Hemidoras stenopeltis from Cuyucuyu, Upper Rio Negro
Tanysiptera sylvia, buff-breasted paradise kingfisherPlate 50 from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea, Vol. 4 (1875-88). Hand coloured lithograph
Hemiprocne mystacea, moustached treeswiftPlate 24 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 1, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph
Elanoides forficatus, American swallow-tailed kitePlate 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
Diphyllodes respublica, Wilsons bird-of-paradisePlate 20 from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea, Vol. 4 (1875-88). Hand coloured lithograph
Sterna dougallii, roseate ternPlate 240 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 frigatebirdPlate 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
Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus, crescent honeyeaterPlate 27, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol. 4 (1840-1848)
Sterna fuscata, sooty ternPlate 235 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
Charmosyna papou, Papuan lorikeetPlate 15 from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea, Vol. 5 (1875-88). Hand coloured lithograph
Dicrurus caerulescens, white-bellied drongoPlate 9, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Cecropis daurica, red-rumped swallowPlate 39, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Dicrurus aeneus, bronzed drongoPlate 44, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Sardina pilchardus, European pilchardHand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby
Epinephelus gattatus, red hind & Euthynnus pelamis, skipjackHand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby
Mormyrus ex cinereo nigricans, bone-fishHand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Catesbys described this fish as Mormyrus ex cinereo nigricans, the bone-fish
