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Monochrome Collection (page 4)

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Fancy dress - little girl dressed as Black & White whiskey

Fancy dress - little girl dressed as Black & White whiskey
A prize winning fancy dress costume worn by Ethel Patricia Harper, born 25th October 1925. Dressed as the famous Black and White brand of Scotch whisky

Background imageMonochrome Collection: The Rehearsal Monochrome

The Rehearsal Monochrome
The Rehearsal (1950) (Monochrome). Luke, John 1906-1975. Date: 1950

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Demure child seated

Demure child seated
Simplicity Monochrome print of a demure child in a woodland setting. Date: circa 1780

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Badusa corymbifera

Badusa corymbifera - Monochrome drawing by Ferdinand Bauer, c. 1795. Paper, grey wash. Bound into copy of A.B. Lambert, The Genus Cinchona, London, 1797. Date: 1795

Background imageMonochrome Collection: The farmers daughter

The farmers daughter
A monochrome version of a painting, on a postcard published by CW Faulkner. Artist: Fred Morgan Date: circa 1903

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Confidences

Confidences
A monochrome version of a painting of two Victorian ladies confiding in one another over a letter.Date: circa 1900

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Entomology, W. Rothschild Zoological Museum

Entomology, W. Rothschild Zoological Museum
The Museum was bequeathed to the Natural History Museum following Rothschilds death in 1937, along with its unique collections of preserved animals

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Giant tortoises at Tring Park

Giant tortoises at Tring Park
In 1897 Walter Rothschild despatched explorer Charles Harris to the Galapagos islands to collect a large number of giant tortoises

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Walter Rothschild Bird skin collection, 1932

Walter Rothschild Bird skin collection, 1932
Packed for shipping. The majority of Rothschilds (280, 000 items) bird skin collection was sold the AMNH in New York after he ran into financial difficulties

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Alfred Newton

Alfred Newton (1829-1907), Professor of Comparative Anatomy at Cambridge University in the late 19th Century. Newton was an expert ornithologist and tutored Walter Rothschild in anatomy

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Thomas Sopwith (1803-1879) & geological models

Thomas Sopwith (1803-1879) & geological models
Thomas Sopwith (1803 - 1879) was an eminent geologist and civil engineer who pioneered methods of representing geological features

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Plesiosaurus macrocephalus

Plesiosaurus macrocephalus
Plate 15 from Geology and Inhabitants of the Ancient World, by Sir Richard Owen, (1854). This marine reptile could be found during the Jurassic period between 200 and 145 million years ago. Date: 1854

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Early 20th Century Photo Portrait

Early 20th Century Photo Portrait
Sepia studio portrait photograph of Filipina woman taken approximately 1920 Date: circa 1920

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Kate Vaughan - Portrait Photograph

Kate Vaughan - Portrait Photograph
Kate Vaughan - late 19th century sepia studio portrait photograph

Background imageMonochrome Collection: A Fashion Phantasy by Mackenzie

A Fashion Phantasy by Mackenzie
" Danse de Chapeaux" - an elegant, monochrome illustration by Douglas Mackenzie showing a woman in a revealing outfit and large hat, dancing en pointe with several hats on stands. Date: 1918

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketch of sleeping woman

Sketch of sleeping woman
Sketch of a sleeping woman. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketch of seated woman

Sketch of seated woman
Sketch of a seated woman. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketch of mother and toddler

Sketch of mother and toddler
Sketch of a mother and toddler. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketch of market woman with basket

Sketch of market woman with basket
Sketch of a market woman with a basket. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Two sketches of mother and child

Two sketches of mother and child. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketch of man with sweeping brush

Sketch of man with sweeping brush
Sketch of a man with a sweeping brush. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketch of children and woman

Sketch of children and woman
Sketch of three children and a woman in a scarf. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketch of two women and toddler

Sketch of two women and toddler
Sketch of two women and a toddler. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketch of two children

Sketch of two children. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketch of boy fishing

Sketch of boy fishing
Sketch of a boy fishing. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketch of praying monk

Sketch of praying monk
Sketch of a monk kneeling in prayer. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketch of working people

Sketch of working people -- a man carrying a basket on his head, and a woman carrying a jar. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketch of workman and old woman

Sketch of workman and old woman
Sketch of a workman carrying something on his shoulder, and an old woman. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketch of mother and two children

Sketch of mother and two children
Sketch of a mother and two children. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketch of people in boats

Sketch of people in boats. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketch of woman scrubbing floor

Sketch of woman scrubbing floor
Sketch of a woman scrubbing the floor. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketches of children and donkey

Sketches of children and donkey
Sketches of children and a donkey with a nosebag. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketches of mothers and children

Sketches of mothers and children. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Sketches of children

Sketches of children. Date: 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Design for Printed Textile in beige and brown

Design for Printed Textile in beige and brown. Charcoal and pencil on tracing paper. Silver Studio. 1934

Background imageMonochrome Collection: A Natural History of Jamaica

A Natural History of Jamaica
Tab 274 from A Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Bird-of-paradise

Bird-of-paradise
Plate 612 from Konrad Gesners Historia Animalium, Vol.3, (1555)

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Whaling boats

Whaling boats
A photograph from A Cruise in the Arctic (1888) by Livingstone-Learmonth

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Missouri Leviathan

Missouri Leviathan
Kochs Missourium. The reliquia of animal indigenous to North America exhibited in 1842 at the Egyptian Hall, London

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Title page from Stray Feathers

Title page from Stray Feathers
Title page from Allan Octavian Humes Stray Feathers A Journal of Ornithology for India and its Dependencies, Vol. 2, (1874)

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Proteus illustration

Proteus illustration
Plate X11 from Observations de Zoologie et d Anatomie Comparee (1811) Vol 1, by Humboldt & Bonpland. Entitled Proteus, seu larva salamandrae, Mexicanis axolotl

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Namyda agassizii, soft shelled tortoise of Georgia

Namyda agassizii, soft shelled tortoise of Georgia
Drawing 46 (Ewan 24) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Background imageMonochrome Collection: The plains of New South Wales, with characteristic animals

The plains of New South Wales, with characteristic animals
Plate 12 from Alfred Russel Wallaces The Geographical Distribution of Animals, (1876)

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Mammalia (class), mammals

Mammalia (class), mammals
Plate 11 from The Geographical Distribution of Animals, with a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earths surface, by Alfred Russel Wallace, 1876

Background imageMonochrome Collection: James Backhouse (1794-1869)

James Backhouse (1794-1869)
Portrait of James Backhouse, an English botanist

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Dr. August Wilhelm Eichler (1839-1887)

Dr. August Wilhelm Eichler (1839-1887)

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Apparatus from laboratory on board H. M. S. Challenger

Apparatus from laboratory on board H. M. S. Challenger
Drawing made during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Cebus capucinus, white-faced capuchin

Cebus capucinus, white-faced capuchin
Plate 2 from Museum S.R.M. Adolphi Friderici, by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), c. 1754-1764



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