Formosa Collection

Formosa Oolong Tea Rooms advertisement, 1916
Advertisement for the Formosa Oolong Tea Rooms - the most charming place in London for luncheons, teas and dinners. Illustration shows a lady having tea with an officer in uniform while a waitress in

Natives of the island of Formosa (Taiwan), depicted as headhunters and cannibals, 1820s. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

A young woman in Traditional Japanese costume - Taiwan
A young woman in Japanese costume - Taiwan (Formosa) - Taiwan was under Japanese rule in the period between 1895 and 1945. circa 1920s

Missionary Pedro de Alcala in Formosa
Pedro de Alcala baptises three Formosan criminals, comforting them as they die slowly and painfully on the scaffold Date: circa 1685

American warblers
Black-throated blue warbler, Setophaga caerulescens 1, 2, black-throated green warbler, Setophaga virens 3 and northern parula, Setophaga americana 4

Scenes from the history of the United States
William Penn making a treaty in 1682 with the Lenape Native Americans 82, Benjamin Franklin drawing electricity from the sky in a thunderstorm 83

Painted tongue or velvet trumpet flower, Salpiglossis sinuata. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne

Shining-leaved sage, Salvia formosa, Salvia bella. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

Blood amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus
Blood amaranth or Mexican grain amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus (amaranthe paniculee, Amaranthus paniculatus.) Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario

Primrose or Primula varieties
Burnards formosa, Primula elatior polyanthus, Conqueror of Europe auricula, Primula auricula, and common primrose, Primula vulgaris

Corydalis species
Noble corydalis, Corydalis nobilis, bracteated corydalis, Corydalis bracteata, hollow-rooted fumitory, Corydalis tuberosa, long-flowered corydalis, Corydalis longiflora, beautiful dielytra

Siphocampylos and Leschenaultia species
Cavanilles siphocampylos, Siphocamylos cavanillesii, two-lobed leschenaultia, Leschenaultia biloba, beautiful leschenaultia, Leschenaultia formosa, grass-leaved stylidium, Stylidium graminifolium

Mountain devil, Lambertia formosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after George Loddiges from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1817

Red leschenaultia, Lechenaultia formosa (Lachenaultia formosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after Thomas Shotter Boys from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825

Common magpie, Pica pica, and white-throated magpie-jay, Calocitta formosa, with egg. Pie commune et pie commandeur. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries

Pink coral fungus, Ramaria formosa
Pink coral fungus or beautiful clavaria, Ramaria formosa (Clavaria formosa). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools

Striped buttercup variety, Potentilla formosa, Potentilla striata formosissima. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Dutch castle of Zeelandia (Tainan) on Formosa (Taiwan)
The castle of Zeelandia (Tainan) on Formosa (Taiwan) built by the Dutch East India Company. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Map of Asia circa 1810. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843

Himalayan honeysuckle, Leycesteria formosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter Fitch from William Jackson Hookers Botanical Magazine, London, 1839

Wild bleeding heart, Dicentra formosa. (Blush fumitory, Fumaria formosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis The Botanical

Draining off camphor oil, Formosa (Taiwan)
The islands main industry, draining off camphor oil, Formosa (now Taiwan), which was at this time a Japanese province. After the camphor has crystallised

Two men of the Paiwan tribe, Formosa (Taiwan)
Two men of the Paiwan tribe, in traditional costume, Formosa (now Taiwan). The island was at this time a Japanese province. Date: 1922

Men of an indigenous tribe, Formosa (Taiwan)
Men of an indigenous tribe on the island of Formosa (now Taiwan), which was at this time a Japanese province. Seen here with spears, a gun, and knives at their belts

Man and two children of an indigenous tribe, Formosa (now Taiwan), standing beside their hut, raised on posts on a mountain slope. The island was at this time a Japanese province. Date: 1922

Yung Kang - Taiwan - Village and rock-cut temples Date: circa 1910s

WW2 - Map of China, Korea, Formosa and the southern part of
Map of China, Korea, Formosa and the southern part of Japan, 27 Mar 1944. Compiled and drawn in the Branch of Research and Analysis, oss

Juan and Eva Peron watching a football match
Juan Peron (1895-1974), President of Argentina, and his wife Eva (Maria Eva Duarte de Peron, 1919-1952), at the Racing Club in Buenos Aires to watch football matches between Formosa and Santa Fe

Formosa Oolong Tea advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for Formosa Oolong Tea Rooms, the perfect place to unwind after a tiring day doing war work, such as these nurses pictured

Cub Scout receiving flowers, Taipei, Formosa
Cub Scout John Sottin receiving a basket of flowers as a Christmas gift from a local girl, Taipei, Formosa (then in China, now Taiwan). Date: 1953

Macrotropis formosa - Plate 30 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826). Date: 1801

Formosan men
Native Formosan men sit together infront of a vast mountainus background. Date: 1932

Formosan men in costume
Native Formosan men in traditional costume. Their headdresses are heavily feathered and they stand in lines. Date: 1932

Formosan men aboard their boats, similar to large bamboo rafts. Date: 1932

Bluelined hind or rockcod, Cephalopholis formosa.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany 1812

Savages feel our muscle, Taiwan, 1890
Natives of the hill country of Bankimsing, Formosa(today Taiwan), explore the possessions of some English visitors that they encounter

Taiwan (Formosa) - Native Duck Keeper herding his flock. Date: 1912

Yung Kang - Taiwan - Shih-fo Ssu Temple. Date: circa 1920

Taiwan (Formosa) - Essential house repairs taking place
Siraya People, Taiwan (Formosa) - Essential house repairs taking place (during the period of the Japanese occupation of Formosa following the First Sino-Japanese War). Date: circa 1910s

Taiwan (Formosa) - Suspension Bridge at Kappanzan - postcard produced during the period of Japanese occupation following the First Sino-Japanese War. Date: circa 1909

Pedra Formosa
The Pedra Formosa or " handsome stone", thought once to have formed part of a Castro culture burial chamber and found at the bath ruin of the Cit⮩ a de Briteiros, Guimaraes

The Mikado of Japan, 1904
Mutsuhito (1852 - 1912), also known as Meiji, Emperor of Japan, in the uniform of Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Army and seated upon a charger which stands over Manchuria

Taiwan - preparing food

China / Taiwan Formosa 19C
Jack Timms dowsing with an assistant at Sendford-on- Thames. He has found over 1000 hidden water supplies since he first exercised his gift & he is much in demand

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