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Background imageLesser Collection: Bastard balm, Melissa adulterina, and lesser

Bastard balm, Melissa adulterina, and lesser calamint, Clinopodium nepeta. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageLesser Collection: Green spurge, Euphorbia esula, and petty spurge

Green spurge, Euphorbia esula, and petty spurge, Euphorbia peplus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageLesser Collection: Ox-eye daisy, Buphthalmum salicifolium

Ox-eye daisy, Buphthalmum salicifolium, and lesser ox-eye, Buphthalmum minus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageLesser Collection: Chinese keys or fingerroot, Boesenbergia rotunda

Chinese keys or fingerroot, Boesenbergia rotunda (Kaempferia pandurata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, London, 1821

Background imageLesser Collection: Lesser twayblade orchid, Neottia cordata

Lesser twayblade orchid, Neottia cordata (Listera cordata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after an illustration by William Miller from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney

Background imageLesser Collection: Red panda (endangered) and hog badger

Red panda (endangered) and hog badger
Red panda or lesser panda, Ailurus fulgens (endangered), and hog badger, Arctonyx collaris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres

Background imageLesser Collection: Lesser akialoa (extinct) and cardinal

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)

Background imageLesser Collection: Smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani

Smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani
Smooth-billed ani or lesser ani, Crotophaga ani. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Background imageLesser Collection: Lesser adjutant, Leptoptilos javanicus. Vulnerable

Lesser adjutant, Leptoptilos javanicus. Vulnerable. (Modun crane.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Background imageLesser Collection: Lesser whitethroat, Sylvia curruca

Lesser whitethroat, Sylvia curruca, with nest and eggs. (Lesser white-throat warbler, Sylvia sylviella.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Background imageLesser Collection: Lesser butterfly-orchid, Platanthera bifolia

Lesser butterfly-orchid, Platanthera bifolia. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler

Background imageLesser Collection: Lesser periwinkle, Vinca minor

Lesser periwinkle, Vinca minor, Petite pervenche. Handcoloured steel engraving after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Background imageLesser Collection: Lesser celandine or pilewort, Ficaria verna

Lesser celandine or pilewort, Ficaria verna, Ficaria ranunculoides, Ficaire fauss renoncule. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar

Background imageLesser Collection: Lesser racket-tailed drongo, Dicrurus remifer

Lesser racket-tailed drongo, Dicrurus remifer, and Eurasian eagle-owl, Bubo bubo. Handcoloured steel engraving drawn and engraved by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire

Background imageLesser Collection: River lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis

River lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis (Lampern or lesser lamprey, Petromyzon fluviatilis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes

Background imageLesser Collection: Ninespine stickleback, Pungitius pungitius

Ninespine stickleback, Pungitius pungitius (Lesser or ten-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus pungitius). Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Background imageLesser Collection: Lesser coucal and Asian emerald cuckoo

Lesser coucal and Asian emerald cuckoo
Lesser coucal, Centropus bengalensis (top), and Asian emerald cuckoo, Chrysococcyx maculatus. (Lark-heeled cuckow, Cuculus bengalensis and spotted curcucui)

Background imageLesser Collection: Lesser bush sweet pea, Podalyria sericea

Lesser bush sweet pea, Podalyria sericea
Lesser bush sweet pea or silky podalyria, Podalyria sericea. Handcoloured botanical engraving from John Sims Curtiss Botanical Magazine, Couchman, London, 1817

Background imageLesser Collection: South Indian squill, Ledebouria revoluta

South Indian squill, Ledebouria revoluta (Lesser plain-leaved drimia, Drimia lanceaefolia). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F

Background imageLesser Collection: Dwarf ginseng, Panax trifolius

Dwarf ginseng, Panax trifolius. Lesser panax, Panax pusilla. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine

Background imageLesser Collection: Lesser galangal, Alpinia officinarum

Lesser galangal, Alpinia officinarum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Background imageLesser Collection: French actress Mlle. Volnais as Eliska in

French actress Mlle. Volnais as Eliska in
French actress Mlle. Volnais (Claudine Placide Croizet-Ferreire, 1786-1837) as Eliska in La Revanche by Jean-Francois Roger and Augustin Creuze de Lesser at the Comedie Francais

Background imageLesser Collection: Lesser white cabbage butterfly on a flower

Lesser white cabbage butterfly on a flower
Lesser white cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae, bastard wasp and fruit flies on a flower. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

Background imageLesser Collection: Samoset Visits Pilgrims at Plymouth

Samoset Visits Pilgrims at Plymouth
Samoset, an Abenaki Sagamore, or lesser chief, who had learned English from fisherman and sailors off Maine, walked into Plymouth colony and startled the pilgrim colonists by speaking English

Background imageLesser Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 702

Curtis British Entomology Plate 702
Coleoptera: Typhaea fumata = Typhaea stercorea [Plant: Typha angustifolia (Lesser Bulrush or Reed-mace)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLesser Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 664

Curtis British Entomology Plate 664
Hymenoptera: Tiphia minuta [Plant: Thalictrum minus (Lesser Meadow-rue)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLesser Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 650

Curtis British Entomology Plate 650
Coleoptera: Lathrobium terminatum [Plant: Leontodon saxatilis (Lesser Hawkbit)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLesser Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 647

Curtis British Entomology Plate 647
Lepidoptera: Venilia quadrimaculata = Pseudopanthera macularia (Speckled Yellow, ab. quadrimaculata) [Plant: Pyrola minor (Lesser Winter-green)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLesser Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 634

Curtis British Entomology Plate 634
Coleoptera: Erirhinus aethiops = Notaris aethiops [Plant: Listera cordata (Lesser Twayblade)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLesser Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 543

Curtis British Entomology Plate 543
Lepidoptera: Batia lunaris (Lesser Tawny Crescent) [Plant: Kickxia elatine (Antirrhinum elatine, Sharp-pointed Toadflax)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLesser Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 348

Curtis British Entomology Plate 348
Lepidoptera: Triphaena consequa = Noctua comes ab. curtisii (Bute Yellow Underwing, Lesser Yellow Underwing) [Plant: Primula veris (Cowslip)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLesser Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 337

Curtis British Entomology Plate 337
Diptera: Beris geniculata (Pale-kneed Beris) [Plant: Mesopates orontium (Antirrhinum orontium, Lesser Snapdragon)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLesser Collection: 10938999

10938999
Lesser honeyguide, Indicator minor, and black-fronted nunbird, Monasa nigrifrons.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology

Background imageLesser Collection: Lesser throatwort, ivy-leaved and corn violet bellflower

Lesser throatwort, ivy-leaved and corn violet bellflower.. Handcolored botanical copperplate engraving from Joshua Hamiltons Culpepers English Family Physician; or Medical Herbal Enlarged

Background imageLesser Collection: Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece, ca. 1500-1510. Master of the Sa

Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece, ca. 1500-1510. Master of the Sa
Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece (1475-1510). German painter. St Bartholomew Altarpiece, ca.1500-1510. Oak. From left to right: St John the Evangelist and St Margaret

Background imageLesser Collection: Raniceps raninus, or Tadpole Fish

Raniceps raninus, or Tadpole Fish, also known as Lesser Forkbeard. Date: 1864

Background imageLesser Collection: Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, West Indies, Caribbean

Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, West Indies, Caribbean - Castries. Date: circa 1905

Background imageLesser Collection: Lesser redpoles, male and female lesser redpoll

Lesser redpoles, male and female lesser redpoll
Lesser redpoles, male and female (lesser redpoll) (Carduelis flammeacabaret). Parker, Richard Dunscombe 1805 - 1881

Background imageLesser Collection: Wills cigarette card - Greater & Lesser Sand Eels

Wills cigarette card - Greater & Lesser Sand Eels. Date: circa 1935

Background imageLesser Collection: USA - Central Park. Bethesda Terrace - New York

USA - Central Park. Bethesda Terrace - New York - The Terrace, Central park. Bethesda Terrace overlooks The Lake in New York Citys Central Park

Background imageLesser Collection: Czech Republic. Prague. Bridge tower at the end of the Charl

Czech Republic. Prague. Bridge tower at the end of the Charl
Czech Republic. Prague. Charles Bridge. A view of the bridge tower at the end of the Charles Bridge on the side of Mal? Strana

Background imageLesser Collection: Czech Republic. Prague. Charles Bridge. Bridge tower on the

Czech Republic. Prague. Charles Bridge. Bridge tower on the
Czech Republic. Prague. Charles Bridge. A view of the bridge tower at the end of the Charles Bridge on the side of Mal? Strana. Detail flags

Background imageLesser Collection: George Rogers Clark

George Rogers Clark
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK American military, active on the frontiers of civilisation against the Native Americans, British and suchlike lesser breeds. Date: 1752 - 1818

Background imageLesser Collection: Lesser Launce and Larger Launce

Lesser Launce and Larger Launce
Lesser Launce (Lance) and Larger Launce (Lance) or Wide-Mouthed Launce (both classified as Ammodytes tobianus). Also known as Sand Eel and Sandlance as they burrow in sand. Date: 1864

Background imageLesser Collection: Phycis blennoides, or Blennoid Forkbeard

Phycis blennoides, or Blennoid Forkbeard, also known as Greater Forkbeard and Lesser Hake. Date: 1864

Background imageLesser Collection: Mugil chelo, or Lesser Grey Mullet

Mugil chelo, or Lesser Grey Mullet. Date: 1864

Background imageLesser Collection: Echiichthys vipera, or Lesser Weever

Echiichthys vipera, or Lesser Weever, described here as Viper Weever. Also known as Little Weever and Otterpike. Date: 1863

Background imageLesser Collection: Lesser cagui monkey, sagui or marmoset, Callithrix jacchus

Lesser cagui monkey, sagui or marmoset, Callithrix jacchus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or



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