Handcoloured Collection (page 11)

Woman of Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany, 19th century. She wears a tall hat trimmed with lace and decorated with ribbons, a white fichu tucked into a lowcut bodice and skirt in the same fabric

La Belle Feronniere, mistress of King Francis I of France. Possibly wife of a furrier, or a lawyer called Feron. She wears a simple chaperon headdress with brim, red velvet robe with wide sleeves

Electric eel, Asian swamp eel and banded knifefish
Electric eel, Electrophorus electricus, Asian swamp eel, Monopterus albus, and banded knifefish, Gymnotus carapo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Dequevauviller after an illustration by

Two Suriname snakes: Green snake and checkered
Two Suriname snakes: Green snake (Malayan green whipsnake, Ahaetulla mycterizans?) and checkered garter snake, Thamnophis marcianus

Shells of Hermann s, padloper, geometric tortoises
Hermanns tortoise, Testudo hermanni 1, common padloper, Homopus areolatus 2, geometric tortoise, Psammobates geometricus 3, underside of Hermanns tortoise4, and European pond turtle

Pipefish, trumpetfish, tropical fish and blowfish
Broadnosed pipefish, Syngnathus typhle 1, Syngnatus sphidion, trumpetfish, Aulostomus maculatus 2, snake pipefish, Entelurus aequoreus Sygnatus aequorens 3, tropical fish species 4, 5

Basket sea star, Gorgonocephalus eucnemis from above and below. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Georg Wolfgang Knorrs Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur

Bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus (Great bearded seal, Phoca barbata). North Seas. From a specimen in Edinburgh Royal Museum. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Armored catfish species, Acanthicus hystrix. Porcupine acanthicus, Acanthicus histrix. Fort St. Joaquin in the distance. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Painted coral snake, Micrurus corallinus, native to Brazil. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1848

Edible tubers and fruit, tubercules alimentaires. Earth almond, Cyperus esculentus, peanut or groundnut, Arachis hypogaea, mashua, Tropaeolum tuberosum, potato bean, Apios tuberosa, and tuberous pea

Tea tree or tea plant, Camellia sinensis, Thea sinensis, the. Handcoloured steel engraving by Debray after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Purple pitcher plant or side-saddle flower, Sarracenia purpurea, Sarracenie pourpre. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre

Quinine tree, ted cinchona or quina, Cinchona pubescens, Cinchona succirubra, Quinquina rouge. Handcoloured steel engraving by Debray after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre

Quinine or cinchona bark, Cinchona officinalis, Cinchona condaminea, Quinquina gris. Handcoloured steel engraving by Debray after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil

Sago palm or Japanese sago palm, Cycas revoluta
Sago palm, king sago, sago cycad or Japanese sago palm, Cycas revoluta, Cycas. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lagesse after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Northern maidenhair fern, Adiantum pedatum
Northern maidenhair fern or five-fingered fern, Adiantum pedatum, Capillaire du Canada. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lagesse after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar

Roman camomile or camomille, Chamaemelum nobile, Anthemis nobilis, Camomille romaine. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lagesse after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar

Japanese star anise or sacred anise tree, Illicium anisatum
Japanese star anise, aniseed tree or sacred anise tree, Illicium anisatum, Illicium religiosum, Badiane sacree. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard

Champak tree, Magnolia champaca, Michelia champaca, Michelie champac. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Sorghum grass, great millet or milo, Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum grass, great millet, durra, jowari or milo, Sorghum bicolor, Sorghum saccharatum, Sorgho a sucre. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert

Bald cypress or swamp cypress tree, Taxodium distichum, Cypres chauve. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Jerusalem artichoke or sunchoke, Helianthus tuberosus, Topinambour. Handcoloured steel engraving by Debray after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Rowan or mountain ash tree, Sorbus aucuparia, Sorbier des oiseleurs. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Ergot of rye, Claviceps purpurea (Secale cornutum). Handcoloured lithograph by Charlotte Caroline Sowerby from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Francolin, frigatebird and frangipani
Grey-winged francolin, Scleroptila afra 2, great frigatebird, Fregata minor 3, and red frangipani, Plumeria rubra 1. Franchipanier, francolin, fregate

Blue-headed fantail, Rhipidura cyaniceps 1 and peony, Paeonia suffruticosa 2. Pitpit, Pivoine. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d

Grey dagger, Apopestes spectrum and peach blossom moths
Grey dagger moth and larva, Acronicta psi 1, Apopestes spectrum moth and larva 2, peach blossom moth and caterpillar, Thyatira batis 3. Noctuelles psi, spectre, batis

Dusky coral pea, false sarsaparilla and blackhorm
Dusky coral pea, Kennedia rubicunda 1, false sarsaparilla, Hardenbergia violacea 2, and blackhorm. Kaempferia rotunda 3. Kenedies, Kempferie

Yellow lotus, white water lily and leaf-footed bugs
Yellow lotus, Nelumbo lutea 1, leaf-footed bugs, Anisoscelis foliaceus 2 and Anoplocnemis curvipes 3, and white water lily, Nymphaea alba 4. Nelumbo, Nematope, Nenuphar

Milon as the Duke in La Comtesse d Altemberg, 1844
Louis Jacques Jesse Milon as the Duke in La Comtesse d Altemberg by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaez, Theatre Royal de l Odeon, 1844

Ballet dancer Lucien Petipa as Lyonel in Lady Henriette by Mazilier, Academie Royale de Musique, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique

French tenor Toussaint Mocker as the Chevalier
French tenor Toussaint-Eugene-Ernest Mocker as the Chevalier de St. Luc in Cagliostro by Eugene Scribe, Theatre Royal de l Opera Comique, 1843

French actor Bocage as Philippe Auguste in
French actor Bocage or Pierre-Martinien Tousez as Philippe Auguste in Agnes de Maranie by Hippolyte Lazerges, Theatre Royal de l Odeon, 1846

Mlle. Adele Page as the Duchess of Navailles in Madame Roland by Virginie Ancelot, Theatre du Vaudeville, 1843. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique

French actor Paul Bocage as Albuquerque in Echec et Mat by Octave Feuillet and Paul Bocage, Theatre Royal de l Odeon, 1846

Adrien Joly and Petit Veldeman in La Biche au Bois, 1845
Adrien Joly as a demon and Petit Veldeman as Coureur in the Cogniard brothers La Biche au Bois, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1845

French tenor Gilbert Duprez in Dom Sebastien, 1843
French tenor Gilbert Duprez in Dom Sebastien by Gaetano Donizetti, Theatre de l Opera, 1843. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique

Coelogyne cristata orchid. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe, Ghent

Seersucker plant, Geogenanthus poeppigii (Dichorisandra undata). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Round-leaf fountain palm, Saribus rotundifolius (Livistona altissima). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Three-coloured Indian cress, Tropaeolum tricolor (jaratti). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Red angels trumpet, Brugmansia sanguinea. Extinct in the wild. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Ladys purse or slipper flower, Calceolaria varieties. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Bleeding glory-bower, Clerodendrum thomsoniae
Bleeding glory-bower or beauty bush, Clerodendrum thomsoniae (Clerodendron thomsonae). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens

Eastern correa, Correa reflexa var. cardinalis (Correa cardinalis). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Chives, Allium schoenoprasum. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Branched asphodel, Asphodelus ramosus. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

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