Lesser Collection

Lesser Periwinkle
Decorative flower study by Jeannie Foord, of Lesser Periwinkle plant. 1899

Phoeniconaias minor, lesser flamingo
Pencil and watercolour drawing by Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (1918) from his African birds sketchbook

Chinese kitchen god Zao Jun (Tsao Chun) with five figures (lesser gods?) in front of him. Date 192-

Carduelis psaltria, Icterus galbula, I. Bullockii, Seiurus n
Plate 433 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Rooftops of Roseau - Dominica
The Rooftops of Roseau viewed from the Cathedral - Dominica. The demonym or adjective is " Dominican" in English

Pewsey White Horse
One of the lesser known White Horses, is this example, in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England. Date: 1950s

Great and lesser spotted woodpeckers
Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major, and Lesser spotted woodpecker, Dryobates minor. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard

Lesser puss moth, Cerura erminea
Lesser puss moth or feline, Cerura erminea. Phalaena erminea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach

Lesser spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos minor.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Lesser false vampire bat, Megaderma spasma. Vespertilio spasma Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Hermann Jakob Tyroff from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers Animal Illustrations after

Fox Meet in Street Aldin
All involved in the fox hunt make their way along the street, while a mongrel dog and lesser folk are passed by

Chiroptera bat heads and faces
Chiroptera bats: Brown long-eared bat, Plecotus auritus 1, 2, lesser long-eared bat, Nyctophilus geoffroyi 3, lesser false vampire bat, Megaderma spasma 4, big-eared woolly bat

Small spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula (Lesser spotted shark, Squalus catulus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes

Barbados - Native Crockery Sellers. Date: circa 1904

Long-tailed duck, redhead and lesser scaup
Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis 1, redhead, Aythya americana 2, and lesser scaup, Aythya affinis 3. Old-squaw, redhead and lesser scaup-duck

Red-breasted nuthatch and purple martin
Red-breasted nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, male 1, and purple martin, Progne subis, male 2, and female 3. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry

Court dresses in the early Restoration, Paris
Women in feather headdresses and luxurious embroidered dresses, court of King Louis XVIII, circa 1817. Interior with blue curtains and fleur de lys carpet

Senegal bushbaby or lesser galago, Galago senegalensis. The galago of the Senegal. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Moorish grisgris, water bottle and pouch, Senegal
String of gris-girs, leather water bottle and pouch made by the Moors, Senegal, 18th century. Grisgris, water bottle and pouch. Collier de gris-gris, outre des Maures, giberne

Corn or maize, Zea mays, Mais coltivato. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Lesser bulrush, Typha angustifolia. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Oriole warbler, Hypergerus atriceps. (Oriale babbler, Crateropus oriolides.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western

Razorbill or lesser auk, Alca torda. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Edwin Sheppard from Thomas George Gentrys Nests and Eggs of the Birds of the United States, J.A

Golden-crowned kinglet, Regulus satrapa. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Edwin Sheppard from Thomas George Gentrys Nests and Eggs of the Birds of the United States, J.A

Puss moth, Cerura vinula, male, female, larva, pupa, chrysalis. Phalaena vinula. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in

Broad-bordered yellow underwing, Noctua fimbriata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Snake blenny, lesser spiny eel and wolf fish
Snake blenny, Ophidion barbatum 73, lesser spiny eel, Macrognathus aculeatus 74, wolf fish, Anarhichas lupus 75, and its jaw and teeth 76, 77

Lesser bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea minor (Paradisea smaragdina minor). Handcoloured steel engraving by A. Scipp after an illustration by Rene-Primevere Lesson from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes

Lesser common carex, Carex acutiformis (Carex paludosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Lesser butterfly orchis, Platanthera bifolia (Orchis bifolia). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1791

Lesser meadow rue, Thalictrum minus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1791

Lesser sac-winged bat, Saccopteryx leptura. Vespertilio lepturus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Nussbiegel after an illustration from nature by J.D

Lesser spot-nosed guenon, Cercopithecus petaurista. Simia petaurista. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Tyroff after an illustration by Joannis Jacobus Bylaert from Johann Christian Daniel

Horseshoe and Egyptian bat heads
Bat heads. Horseshoe bat, greater horseshoe bat, lesser horseshoe bat, Commersons leaf-nosed bat, Schneiders roundleaf bat, diadem horseshoe bat, Egyptian slit-faced bat

Bat heads. Including great fruit-eating bat, Pallass long-tongued bat, leafnose bat, vampire bat, striped hairy-nosed bat, lesser false vampire bat, and yellow-winged bat

Common dragonet, Callionymus lyra, and lesser sand eel or sand lance, Ammodytes tobianus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Sydenham Edwards from John Mason Goods Pantologia

Lesser burdock or cocklebur, Arctium minus (Xanthium, Lappa minor). Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattiolis Discorsi

Leopard moth, sallow kitten and prominent moths
Wood leopard moth, Zeuzera pyrina, sallow kitten, Furcula furcula, iron prominent, Notodonta dromedarius, pebble prominent, Notodonta ziczac, and lesser swallow prominent, Pheosia gnoma

Fritillary butterfly varieties
Marbled fritillary, Brenthis daphne, lesser marbled fritillary, Brenthis ino, pearl-bordered fritillary, Boloria euphrosyne, and violet fritillary, Boloria dia

Purple emperor butterfly and lesser purple emperor
Purple emperor butterfly, Apatura iris, ventral and dorsal, and lesser purple emperor, Apatura ilia. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel

Lesser bougainvillea or paperflower, Bougainvillea glabra (Bougainvillia glabra). Handcoloured lithograph by D. Blair after an illustration by Lena Lowis from her Familiar Indian Flowers with

Daisy or Aster species
Italian michaelmas daisy, Aster amellus, alpine aster, Aster alpinus, smooth-leaved fleabane, Erigeron glabellum, showy fleabane, Stenactis speciosa, great Mexican daisy, Leptostelma maxima

Lesser burdock, Arctium minus, and water chestnut, Trapa natans. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Wall pennywort and lesser pennywort species
Wall pennywort, Umbilicus rupestris, and lesser pennywort species, Umbilicus veneris minor. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal

Lesser periwinkle, Vinca minor, and Alexander s
Lesser periwinkle, Vinca minor, and Alexanders laurel, Ruscus hypoglossum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Lesser celandine, Ficaria verna, and fumitory, Fumaria officinalis. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Valerian, Valeriana officinalis, and European wild ginger, Asarum europaeum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Lesser calamint, Calamintha nepeta, and yellow calamint, Calamintha lutea. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

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