mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
Durio zibethinus, durian fruitPlate 146 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Gossypium barbadense, cotton plantIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Theobroma cacao, cocoa podPlate 49 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)
Pachira aquatica, Malabar or Guyana chestnutWatercolour by Robert Schomburgk, 1840s Date: 1840
Thespesia populnea, portia treeFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Tilia albaIllustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Silk cotton tree at St. Thomas, West IndiesA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Silk Cotton tree, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Hibiscus cannabinus, kenafPlate 2 from the Botany Library Indian Drawings Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Hibiscus tiliaceus, sea hibiscusFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Hibiscus tricuspis
Althaea officinalis, marshmallow, marsh mallow, or common marshmallow. Colored engraving
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, hibiscusBodycolour on board, 1847-51 by Isobel Drought (fl.1847-51). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1847
Theobroma cacao, cocoa treeWatercolour on paper by Evelyn M. Woolward (fl.1880-90s). Held in the Library and Archives
Hibiscus mutabilis, Cotton roseBodycolour by Johann Christoph Dietzsch, c. 1750 Date: circa 1750
Cola sp. Kola nutWatercolour by Dorothy Talbot, c. 1911 Date: circa 1911
Malvaceae - MallowMalvaceae: the mallow tribe. Source: Illustrations of the natural orders of plants with groups and descriptions by Twining, Elizabeth, 1805-1889. Published by Sampson Low, Son, and Marston Date: 1868
Theobroma cacaoCocoa plant brought back from Jamaica in 1689 by Hans Sloane. Illustration by Everhardus Kickius. Specimen kept in the Botany Library
Gossypium barbadense, sea cottonOne of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London. Showing Gossypium barbadense, sea cotton
Cochlospermum gillivraei, kapok treeOutline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, rose of ChinaFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Corchorus hirtus, juteIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Cocoa nucifera L. coco palmCoconut and coco palm illustrations from Koehlers Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen, 1887-1888, held in the Natural History Museums Botany Library
Abelmoschus esculentus, ladys fingersPlate 166 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Pavonia papilionaceaFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Hibiscus papilionaceus
Theobroma cacao, cocoaIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Adansonia, baobab treeIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Cola acuminata, cola nutIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Hibiscus syriacus, rose of SharonPlate 160 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Hibiscus africanus, bladder katmia
Theobroma cacao, cacao treeA specimen from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. The seeds of this plant - cocoa, are the source of chocolate
Althaea officinalis, marsh mallow plant
Onopordum acanthium, cotton thistleOne of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London
Alcea rosea, hollyhockFolio 27 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Baobab tree, Cape Verde Islands (1873)The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an
Tilia sp. limeThe seed of a lime tree (Tilia sp.) in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, October 2003
Theobroma cacao, cacaoA photograph of six of decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall showing Theobroma cacao, cacao
Abutilon darwiniDrawing Arthur Harry Church, 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 178
Goethea strictiflora, goetheaDrawing 22 by Arthur Harry Church, 19 July 1908. Plate 191
Malva sylvestris, mallowWatercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 24 August 1908. Plate 196
Hibiscus seedsAn illustration of three hibiscus seeds as seen through a microscope, from page 497 of Flora, overo Cultura di Fiori (1638) by Battista Giovanni Ferrari (1582-1655)
Hibiscus syriacus, rose of althea and Ketmia syrorum, flore albo. Dried specimens taken from the museum herbarium. Plants from Chelsea Physick Garden
Hibiscus schizopetalus, Japanese lanterns. A dried specimen from the museum herbarium
An unattributed fine portrait silhouette by LeonOutline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Sloanes trade card for milk chocolateSir Hans Sloanes (1660-1753) collection formed the basis of the collection now held at the Natural History Museum, London
Decorative ceiling panels in the Natural History Museums CeCoffee, tobacco and cotton - three of the 162 plant designs which form the ceiling decoration of the Central Hall. The plants are of economic or medicinal importance
Bombax heptaphyllum, silk-cotton treeIllustration from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Theobroma cacao, cocoa; Syzygium aromaticum, cloves; MyristiPlate 1 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Entitled A group from Burlgaar. Held at the Natural History Museum, London