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Common Humble Bees (Bombus terrestris) -- male, large female, and worker. Date: 1843
Monumental brass rubbing, male figure. circa 1610
Gumleaf grasshopper (female top, male below), Goniaea australasiae. Australasian locust, Gryllus australasiae. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn
Silver or Atlantic salmon and fishing methodsSilver or Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, male, and methods of catching salmon with nets under a bridge. Handcolored copperplate engraving after Jacob Nilson from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia
Male giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista
Head of a male hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa
Male and female reindeer, Rangifer tarandus. Illustration from Leopold von Buchs Travels Through Norway and Lapland, 1813
Wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, male or tom. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842
Western or Arfak parotia, Parotia sefilata (Parotia sexsetacea) male and female. After an illustration by Jacques Barraband. Handcoloured lithograph by A
Male jalap plant, Ipomoea batatoides. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G
Procession of riders on unicorn, goat and horseA procession with riders mounted on a unicorn, a goat and a horse wearing heraldic colours. The male and female riders hold lances with banners
Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus (Anas histrionica). Male and female. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare
Sand bee parasite, Stylops melittae. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, London, 1804
Natterjack toad, Epidalea calamita (Mephitic toad, Rana mephitica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia, London, 1801
European tree frog, Hyla arborea (tree frog, Rana arborea). Shown hanging from a rose bush, male inflating its throat, adhesive abdomen, tadpole and frogspawn
Mandrill male, Mandrillus sphinx. Vulnerable. Simia maimon Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Valentin Bischoff after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian Daniel
White-headed lemur and ring-tailed lemurWhite-headed lemur, Eulemur albifrons, male and female, endangered 1, and ring-tailed lemur, Lemur catta, endangered 2. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Illustrated
Black howler, Alouatta caraya (Stentor barbatus), male and female. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Illustrated Natural History of Animals, Zurich, 1827
Siamang and agile gibbon (both endangered)Siamang, Symphalangus syndactylus (Hylobates syndactylis), and agile gibbon, Hylobates agilis, male and female with young (both endangered)
Exotic scarab beetlesGiant dung beetle, Heliocopris gigas (Copris isidis) 1, giant Amazonian carrion scarab beetle, Coprophanaeus lancifer (Phanaeus lancifer) 2, Egyptian scarab beetle
Sticklebacks and their nestsMale and female sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus, building a nest 1, 2, and ninespine stickleback, Pungitius pungitius, enlarging the nest openings 3
Wild goat, Capra aegagrus, male, female and young. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle
Lion, Panthera leo, hunting an antilope. VulnerableLion, Panthera leo, hunting an antilope while a female lion watches. Vulnerable.Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Susemihl from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d
Domesticated chicken, male, Gallus gallus domesticus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle
Golden pheasant, Chrysolophus pictusGolden pheasant or Chinese pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, male 1 and female 2. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire
Statue of an Egyptian male figure in headdress. Found in the Canopus of Hadrians Villa at Tivoli. Copperplate engraving by Gio. Petrini after an illustration by A
Hop, Humulus lupulus. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835. James Main (1775-1846) was a Scottish gardener, botanist and writer
Small emperor moth and tau emperorSmall emperor moth, Saturnia pavonia, male and female, and tau emperor, Aglia tau. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte
Orange tip, sooty orange tip and wood whiteOrange tip, Anthocharis cardamines, male and female, sooty orange tip, Zegris eupheme, and wood white, Leptidea sinapis. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by
Betony, Stachys officinalis, male and female. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557
Scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis and Anagallis arvensis subsp. foemina. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557
Swallow-tailed hummingbird, Eupetomena macroura (Ornismya hirundinacea). Mature adult. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons
Amazilia hummingbird (dumerilii), Amazilia amazilia dumerilii (Ornismya dumerilii). Adult male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere
Berylline hummingbird, Amazilia beryllina. Adult maleBerylline hummingbird, Amazilia beryllina (Ornismya arsinoe). Adult male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural
Wedge-tailed sabrewing, Campylopterus pampa. MaleWedge-tailed sabrewing, Campylopterus pampa (Ornismya pampa). Male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural History of
Gilded sapphire, Hylocharis chrysura. Adult maleGilded sapphire, Hylocharis chrysura (Ornismya chrysura). Adult male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural History
Antillean mango, Anthracothorax dominicus aurulentus (Trochilus aurulentus). Adult male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere
Green mango hummingbird, Anthracothorax viridis. MaleGreen mango hummingbird, Anthracothorax viridis (Trochilus viridis). Male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural
Purple-throated carib, Eulampis jugularis, malePurple-throated carib, Eulampis jugularis (Trochilus auratus). Male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural History of
Crimson topaz, Topaza pella, juvenile maleCrimson topaz, Topaza pella (Trochilus pella). Juvenile male with incomplete plumage. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons
Crimson topaz, Topaza pella (Trochilus pella). Adult male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural History of
Amazonian umbrellabird and regent bowerbirdAmazonian umbrellabird, Cephalopterus ornatus, and regent bowerbird, Sericulus chrysocephalus (male). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon
Yellow-capped pygmy parrot and groove-billed aniYellow-capped pygmy parrot, Micropsitta keiensis, male and female, and groove-billed ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de
Ou, Psittirostra psittacea. Critically endangeredOu, Psittirostra psittacea, male (top) and female. Critically endangered, possibly extinct. (Parrot-billed grosbeak, Loxia psittacea)
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
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
Male fern, Dryopteris filix-mas (Aspidium filix mas). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler