Kearsley Collection

Guinea pig, Cavia porcellus, and capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Sydenham Edwards from John Mason Goods Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia, G

Inland navigation of England and Wales by
Map of the inland navigation of England and Wales by the canals and principal rivers, 1809. Copperplate engraving by Mutlow from John Mason Goods Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia, G

Arabian camel or dromedary, Camelus dromedarius. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Heath from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Elk, Alces alces, specimen in the Leverian Museum
Elk (in Eurasia) or moose (in North America), Alces alces. From a specimen in the Leverian Museum. Elk, Cervus aces

Elk or moose, Alces alces
Elk (in Eurasia) or moose (in North America), Alces alces. Elk, Cervus aces

Java mouse-deer, Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain and red brocket
Java mouse-deer, Tragulus javanicus, Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain, Moschiola meminna, and the fawn of a red brocket, Mazama americana

Skeleton of a harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena. (Porpesse, Delphina phocaena). Copperplate engraving by White from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Title page from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia
Title page with vignette of a deer fawn by Dr. George Shaw engraved by James Heath

Humpback whale and fin whale
Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, and fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus. Pike-headed mysticete, Balaena boops, and fin-backed mysticete, Balaena physalus

Anatomy of a harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena. (Porpesse, Delphina phocaena). Porpesse opened

Harbour porpoise and common dolphin
Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, and common dolphin, Delphinus delphis. Porpesse, Delphina phocaena

Sperm whale or cachalot, Physeter macrocephalus, vulnerable. Blunt-headed cachalot. Top: uncertain species, var. Physeter gibbosus, Schreber

Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus. Great mysticete. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Heath from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Horned whale or unicorn narwhal, Monodon monoceros. Skull with two teeth from the Leverian Museum

Collared peccary and Buru babirusa
Collared peccary, Dicotyles tajacu, and Buru babirusa or Babiroussa des Moluques, Babyrousa babyrussa. Pecari, Sus tajassu, and babyroussa, Sus babyrussa

Red brocket and Java mouse-deer
Red brocket, Mazama americana (American musk deer) and Java mouse-deer, Tragulus javanicus, or lesser mouse deer, Tragulus kanchil (Pygmy musk deer)

Wild boar, Sus scrofa
Eurasian wild pig, wild boar, Sus scrofa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Heath from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus

Domestic pig, Sus domesticus
Common hog, domestic pig, male boar and female sow, Sus domesticus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Heath from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Common hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius
Common hippo or hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by White from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

South American tapir, Tapirus terrestris subsp. terrestris. Tapir, Tapir americanus

Plains zebra, Equus quagga, formerly Equus burchellii. Zebra, Equus zebra

Quagga, Equus quagga quagga, extinct. Subspecies of the plains zebra. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Heath from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Siberian musk deer or ciervo, Moschus moschiferus. Vulnerable. As Tibetan musk deer

Race horse, Equus ferus caballus
Race horse or thoroughbred Arabian, Equus ferus caballus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Heath from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Yak, Bos grunniens. Yak of Tartary, Soora Goy in Hindostan. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by White from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Domestic horse and wild horse
Domestic horse, Equus ferus caballus, and wild or feral horse, Equus ferus, endangered

Muskox, Ovibos moschatus, male bull and female cow. Musk ox, Bos moschatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by White from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Wild water buffalo, Bubalus arnee. Endangered. Arnee, Bos arnee. From an illustration in Robert Kerr's Animal Kingdom

Zebu and Indian ox, Bos indicus
Zebu or humped cattle, Bos indicus, and Indian ox, Bos indicus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Heath from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

American bison var. Bison bison
American bison or buffalo var. Bison bison. Bos taurus. Possibly the plains bison, Bison bison bison

Domesticated British horned cattle breeds. Common ox, Bos taurus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Heath from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

American bison, Bison bison
American bison or buffalo, Bison bison. Bos taurus. Possibly the wood bison, Bison bison athabascae

European wood bison, Bison bonasus. European bison, Bos taurus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Heath from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Guanaco, Lama glama subs. guanicoe. Lama guanicoe. Cervo-Camelus Jonst. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by White from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

African sheep or Cape sheep, Ovis aries guineensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Heath from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Barbary sheep, Ammotragus lervia. Vulnerable. Bearded sheep, Ovis ornata. Taken from a print by Basan after a painting by Jean-Baptiste Oudry of a live specimen in the French king's menagery

Cretan sheep, Ovis aries strepsiceros. (Ovis strepsiceros). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by White from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Argali, Ovis ammon
Argali, wild sheep or mountain sheep, Ovis ammon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by White from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Jusas goat and angora goat
Judas goat, Bouc de Juda, Capra aegagrus var. reversa, and Angora or Ankara goat, Capra hircus angorensis. Long-horned whidaw goat, Capra reversa, and Angora goat, Capra angorensis

Common goat, male and female, Capra hircus
Common goat, domestic goat, male billie and female nanny, Capra hircus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Heath from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Dama gazelle, Nanger dama, critically endangered. Also known as the addra gazelle or mhorr gazelle. Nanguer, Antilope dama

Alpine ibex, Capra ibex. Also known as the steinbock or bouquetin. Ibex, Copra ibex

Bluebuck, Hippotragus leucophaeus, extinct. Blue antelope, Antilope leucophaea

White-tailed gnu, Connochaetes gnou
Black wildebeest or white-tailed gnu, Connochaetes gnou. Gnou, Antilope gnu

Guanaco, Lama glama subsp. guanicoe (Lama guanicoe). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Heath from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Nilgai, Boselaphus tragocamelus, male. Nilghau, Antilope picta. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Heath from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Egyptian dorcas gazelle, Gazella dorcas dorcas. Corine, Antilope corinna

Dorcas gazelle, Gazella dorcas. Flat-horned antelope, Antilope kevella. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Heath from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Cape bushbuck and bohor reedbuck
Cape bushbuck, Tragelaphus sylvaticus, and bohor reedbuck, Redunca redunca. Bosbock, Antilope sylvaticus, and ritbock, Antilope arundinacea

Springbok, male and female, Antidorcas marsupialis. Springer antelope, Antilope euchore

Blackbuck, male and female, Antilope cervicapra
Blackbuck or common antelope, male and female, Antilope cervicapra. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Heath from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Mongolian gazelle and nilgai
Mongolian gazelle or dzeren, Procapra gutturosa, and nilgai, Boselaphus tragocamelus. Chinese antelope, Antilope gutturosa, and Indostan antelope, Antiliope tragocamelus

Royal antelope, Neotragus pygmaeus, male and female. Pygmy antelope, Antilope pygmaea

Bushback, male, Tragelaphus scriptus. Harnessed antelope, Antilope scripta

Common duiker and Alpine chamois
Common duiker, Sylvicapra grimmia, and Alpine chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra. Guinea antelope, Antilope grimmia, and chamois, Antilope rupicapra

Greater kudu and common eland
Greater kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, and common eland, Taurotragus oryx. Striped antelope, Antilope strepsiceros, and Indian antelope, Antilope oreas

Vicuna, Lama vicugna, and llama, Lama glama. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Heath from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Bubal hartebeest (extinct) and white oryx
Bubal hartebeest, extinct, Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus, and Arabian oryx or white oryx, Oryx leucoryx. (Cervine antelope var)

Klipspringer and gemsbok
Klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus, and gemsbok or South African oryx, Oryx gazella

Head of a Northern giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis
Head of a Northern giraffe or three-horned giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. Nubian giraffe, Giraffe, Camelopardalis giraffa

European fallow deer, female or doe, Dama dama
European fallow deer, female or doe with antlers, Dama dama. White or leucistic variant. Fallow deer, Cervus dama

Northern giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis
Northern giraffe or three-horned giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. Nubian giraffe, Giraffe, Camelopardalis giraffa

Indian hog deer (endangered) and chital
Indian hog deer, Axis porcinus, endangered, and chital or cheetal, Axis axis. Porcine deer, Cervus porcinis, and Spotted axis, Cervus axis

Red deer or stag, Cervus elaphus. Male with antlers, standing near female hind and fawn

European fallow deer, male or buck, Dama dama
European fallow deer, male or buck with antlers, Dama dama. Fallow deer, Cervus dama

Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus
Bactrian camel or Mongolian camel, Camelus bactrianus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by White from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801

Reindeer or caribou, Rangifer tarandus, doe and stag
Reindeer or caribou, Rangifer tarandus. Female doe after Buffon, and male stag with huge antlers after Conrad Gesner. (Cervus tarandus)

Elvills House, now Castle Hill, Surrey, 18th century
Elvills, now known as Castle Hill, was designed by architect Stiff Leadbetter. A porter opens the gate for a liveried carriage

South-east prospect of Drumlanrig Castle, Scotland
South-east prospect of the Duke of Queensberry's seat at Drumlanrig, Scotland. The Pink Palace or Drumlanrig Castle, 17th century Renaissance house built in pink sandstone

South view of the Abbey Gateway, Reading Abbey
South view of the Abbey Gateway, ancient inner gate of the 12th century Reading Abbey

View of Wynn Stay or Wynnstay, Denbighshire. Cattle, deer and horses in the foreground, and a carriage approaching the house across a bridge

Datchet Bridge, near Windsor, on the River Thames, 18th century
Datchet Bridge near Windsor, a wooden road bridge over the River Thames commissioned by Queen Anne, stood from 1706 until 1848

Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham, Gothic Revival villa, 18th cen
Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham, Gothic Revival villa built for writer, historian and politician, Horace Walpole, 1717-1797. Two gardeners rolling the lawn in front of the castellated mansion

View of Wakefield Lodge in Whitlebury Forest
Wakefield Lodge in Whitlebury Forest. A carriage leaves from in front of the portico

Landscape of a herder with crook, with cows, goats and sheep
Pastoral landscape of a herder with crook, with cows, goats and sheep on a moor. A landskip and cattle. From the cabinet of Jean-Antoine Hubert, vassal de Saint Hubert

North-west view of Wakefield Lodge in Whitlebury Forest, 18th ce
North-west view of Wakefield Lodge in Whitlebury Forest, showing the gardens landscaped by Lancelot Capability Brown

A view of Charlton near Woolwich in Kent, 18th century. A heavy waggon and carriage drive along a wide road in front of barns, churches and trees

The (Old) Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, 18th century
The (Old) Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, used from 1741-1806. An officer training school that trained 48 cadets in mathematics, gunnery and fortifications

Knole House in Knole Park in Kent, 18th century
Knole House in Knole Park in Kent, the seat of Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset

View of Hackwood Park, Basingstoke, 18th century
View of Hackwood Park, the seat of the Duke of Bolton, near Basingstoke, Hampshire, painted by Paul Sandby in 1764. Showing the woods, formal lawn garden and detached house

South view of Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, 18th century
South view of Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham. Gothic Revival villa built for writer, historian and politician, Horace Walpole, 1717-1797

View of Bolton Hall, North Riding of Yorkshire, 18th century
View of Bolton Hall, North Riding of Yorkshire, the seat of Admiral Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton, 1720-1794. Built in 1678 for the 1st Duke, Charles Paulet

View of Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, 18th century
View of Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, the seat of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire. House rebuilt from 1687 to 1707, gardens landcaped by Lancelot Capability Brown in the 18th century

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