Latham Collection

Hubert Lathams Antoinette in Blackpool 1909
Hubert Lathams Antoinette monoplane in Blackpool, England. Taking part in the first officially recognised aviation meeting to be held in Britain, the Blackpool Flying Week

Sir Paul Latham and Lady Patricia Moore engaged 1933
Major Sir Herbert Paul Latham, 2nd Baronet (22 April 1905 24 July 1955), British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Scarborough

Red-legged seriema or crested cariama, Cariama cristata (Brazilian cariama, Palamedea cristata). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Hubert Latham, early aviator, early 1900s

White-bellied minivet, Pericrocotus erythropygius (Cawnpore flycatcher). India. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823

Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark, Eremopterix griseus (Duree finch, Emberiza gingica). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823

Red-throated parrotfinch, Erythrura psittacea (Parrot finch, Fringilla psittacea). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823

Common redpoll, Carduelis flammea (Crimson-crowned finch, Fringilla flammea). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823

Black-headed yellow-collared weaver, Ploceus melanocephalus capitalis (Capital tanager, Tanagra capitalis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Summer tanager, Piranga rubra, perhaps a young adult with patches of buff plumage. (Variegated tanager, Tanagra variegata)

Dickcissel, Spiza americana (Black-throated bunting, Emberiza americana). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Golden-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia atricapilla (Black-crowned bunting, Emberiza atricapilla). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Diamond firetail, Stagonopleura guttata (Spotted-sided grosbeak, Fringilla leucocephala). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Red-and-black grosbeak, Periporphyrus erythromelas. Near threatened. (Black-headed grosbeak, Loxia erythromelas.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Crimson-breasted grosbeak. Unknown or possibly extinct species of grosbeak native to Africa. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Ou, Psittirostra psittacea. Critically endangered
Ou, Psittirostra psittacea, male (top) and female. Critically endangered, possibly extinct. (Parrot-billed grosbeak, Loxia psittacea)

White-backed mousebird, Colius colius (White-backed coly, Colius leuconotus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Lindo chatterer. Perhaps the swallow tanager, Tersina viridis, but with the under part of the body blue, not white. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Bearded bellbird, Procnias averano (Variegated chatterer, Ampelis variegata). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

White bellbird, Procnias albus, male and female (Carunculated chatterer, Ampelis carunculata). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Siberian rubythroat, Luscinia calliope (Kamschatkan thrush, Turdus calliope). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

White-rumped shama, Copsychus malabaricus macrourus. (As Long-tailed thrush, Turdus macrourus.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Black wheatear, Oenanthe leucura (White tailed thrush, Turdus leucurus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

South Island piopio, Turnagra capensis. Extinct
New Zealand South Island piopio, Turnagra capensis. Extinct. (Thick-billed thrush, Turdus crassirostris.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Southern saddleback, Philesturnus carunculatus, male and female (Wattled starlings, Sturnus carunculatus). Near threatened

Tufted coquettes, Lophornis ornatus (Tufted-necked hummingbirds, Trochilus ornatus). Male and female. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Purple-throated carib, Eulampis jugularis (Garnet-throated hummingbird, Trochilus granatinus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Crimson sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja seheriae (Goulpourah creeper). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Scarlet myzomela, Myzomela sanguinolenta (Sanguineous honey-eater, Certhia sanguinolenta). Australia. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Eastern spinebill, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris (Slender-billed honey-eater, Certhia tenuirostris). Australia. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Lesser akialoa (extinct) and cardinal
Lesser akialoa, Hemignathus obscurus (extinct) and cardinal myzomela, Myzomela cardinalis. (Hook-billed green honey-eater, Certhia obscura, native to Hawaii, and cardinal honey-eater)

Little bee-eater, Merops pusillus (Red-winged bee-eater, Merops erythropterus). Africa. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester

Rainbow bee-eater, Merops ornatus (Variegated bee-eater). Australia. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Golden-fronted leafbird, Chloropsis aurifrons. (Hurruwa bee-eater, India.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Green wood hoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus (Red-billed promerops, Upupa erythrorynchos). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester

Black sicklebill, Epimachus fastosus. Vulnerable. (Grand promerops, Upupa superba.) New Guinea. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

White-headed marsh tyrant, Arundinicola leucocephala (White-headed tody, Todus leucocephalus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Varied sittella, Daphoenositta chrysoptera (Orange-winged nuthatch, Sitta chrysoptera). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester

Guianan streaked-antwren, Myrmotherula surinamensis. Vulnerable. (Surinam nuthatch, Sitta surinamensis.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Sacred kingfisher, Todiramphus sanctus (Sacred kings-fisher, Alcedo sacra). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Green-tailed jacamar, Galbula galbula (Long-tailed green jacamar, Galbula viridis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Crimson-crested woodpecker, Campephilus melanoleucos (Buff-crested woodpecker, Picus melanoleucus). Based on a skin in the Leverian Museum

Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla (Junx torquilla). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Fan-tailed cuckoo, Cacomantis flabelliformis (Fan-tailed cuckow, Cuculus flabelliformis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Shining bronze cuckoo, Chrysococcyx lucidus (Shining cuckow, Cuculus lucidus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Red-faced malkoha, Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus. Vulnerable. (Red-headed malkoha, Cuculus pyrrhocephalus.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Greater coucal, Centropus sinensis
Greater coucal or crow pheasant, Centropus sinensis (Chestnut coucal). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Brown-headed barbet, Megalaima zeylanica? (Buff-faced barbet, Bucco lathami). From a specimen labeled Megalaima lathami in the British Museum

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