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Musk Collection

Background imageMusk Collection: Musk duck, Biziura lobata

Musk duck, Biziura lobata.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Background imageMusk Collection: Musk Deer / Swan / 1909

Musk Deer / Swan / 1909
Musk deer (moschus moschiferus)

Background imageMusk Collection: Musk melon, watermelon and pineapple

Musk melon, watermelon and pineapple
Musk melon, Cucumis melo, watermelon, Citrullus vulgaris, and pineapple, Ananas comosus. Copperplate engraving by A. Smith after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his

Background imageMusk Collection: Musk mallow, Malva moschata

Musk mallow, Malva moschata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Background imageMusk Collection: Musk orchid, Herminium monorchis

Musk orchid, Herminium monorchis. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Background imageMusk Collection: False musk orchid, Chamorchis alpina

False musk orchid, Chamorchis alpina. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Background imageMusk Collection: Yak, musk ox, wild barbary sheep (extinct) and red sheep

Yak, musk ox, wild barbary sheep (extinct) and red sheep
Yak, Bos grunniens (vulnerable), musk ox, Ovibos moschatus, wild barbary sheep, Ovis longipes palaeoaegyptiacus (extinct), and red sheep, Ovis aries

Background imageMusk Collection: Hibiscus and Lavatera species

Hibiscus and Lavatera species
Musk hibiscus, Hibiscus moschatus, three-lobed lavatera, Lavatera triloba, Thuringian latavera, Lavatera thuringiaca, finger-leaved nuttalia, Nuttalia digitata, poppy-like nuttalia, Nuttalia papaver

Background imageMusk Collection: Musk ox or muskox, Ovibos moschatus

Musk ox or muskox, Ovibos moschatus. From a specimen in the Edinburgh Royal University Museum. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines

Background imageMusk Collection: Long-horned beetles on a tree

Long-horned beetles on a tree
Herophila tristis beetle 1, great capricorn beetle, Cerambyx heros 2, Rosalia longicorn beetle, Rosalia alpina 3 (endangered), musk beetle, Aromia moschata 4, and long-horned beetle

Background imageMusk Collection: Abelmosk, Abelmoschus moschatus

Abelmosk, Abelmoschus moschatus
Abelmosk, ambrette or annual hibiscus, Abelmoschus moschatus, Hibiscus abelmoschus, Abelmosch. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lagesse after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre

Background imageMusk Collection: Greater white-toothed shrew, grey musk shrew

Greater white-toothed shrew, grey musk shrew
Greater white-toothed shrew, Crocidura russula 1, grey musk shrew, Suncus murinus 2 and dusky musk deer, Moschus fuscus, endangered 3. Musaraigne musette, Musaraigne montjourou, Musc

Background imageMusk Collection: Chinese portraits, fauna and flora

Chinese portraits, fauna and flora including musk deer 4, duck 6, golden pheasant 7, tea 8, and camphor 10. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Background imageMusk Collection: Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain, Moschiola meminna

Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain, Moschiola meminna. (Memina or Indian musk, Moschus memina). Handcoloured engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward

Background imageMusk Collection: Pygmy musk of Sumatra, Moschus pygmaeus

Pygmy musk of Sumatra, Moschus pygmaeus. Handcoloured engraving drawn and engraved by Griffith, Harriet or Edward, from a specimen at Exeter Change from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by

Background imageMusk Collection: Indian ink manufacture, Qing Dynasty China

Indian ink manufacture, Qing Dynasty China. Ink is made of lamp-black (burnt pine-wood, hogs-fat and oil) mixed with musk and glue, then shaped in wooden moulds

Background imageMusk Collection: Musk hibiscus, Hibiscus moscheutos

Musk hibiscus, Hibiscus moscheutos. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London

Background imageMusk Collection: Sumbul, Ferula moschata

Sumbul, Ferula moschata
Sumbul, sumbal or muskroot, Ferula moschata (Ferula sumbul). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants

Background imageMusk Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 237

Curtis British Entomology Plate 237
Lepidoptera: Orthosia lunosa = Omphaloscelis lunosa (Lunar Underwing) [Plant: Herminium monorchis (Ophrys monorchis, Yellow or Musk Ophrys)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageMusk Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 197

Curtis British Entomology Plate 197
Coleoptera: Orchesia fasciata = Orchesia undulata (Banded Orchesia Jumping Beetle) [Plant: Malva moschata (Musk Mallow)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageMusk Collection: English Insects illustration of Longhorn beetles by James Ba

English Insects illustration of Longhorn beetles by James Ba
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut. Date: 1781

Background imageMusk Collection: Illustration, Papilionidae

Illustration, Papilionidae -- Parnassius Apollo, Parnassius Phoebus, Parnassius Mnemosyne. The plants are Orpine (Sedum Telephium) and Musk Thistle (Carduus Nutans). Date: 1898

Background imageMusk Collection: Pygmy musk deer or royal antelope, Moschus pygmaeus

Pygmy musk deer or royal antelope, Moschus pygmaeus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Background imageMusk Collection: Musk lorikeet, Glossopsitta concinna

Musk lorikeet, Glossopsitta concinna.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Background imageMusk Collection: Siberian musk deer, Moschus moschiferus

Siberian musk deer, Moschus moschiferus, and Chinese forest musk deer, Moschus berezovskii.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals

Background imageMusk Collection: Musk ox, Ovibos moschatus, Moschusochsen

Musk ox, Ovibos moschatus, Moschusochsen.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg

Background imageMusk Collection: Shopfront, Croydon, Surrey

Shopfront, Croydon, Surrey, England. Showing Musk & Co. Drapers & Stationers Date: 1910s

Background imageMusk Collection: Musk Ox - old male grazing - June

Musk Ox - old male grazing - June (Ovibos moschatus). River Hadita Valley - Wildlife Reserve - Salekhard - North Russia

Background imageMusk Collection: Bewick - Musk Ox

Bewick - Musk Ox
(ovibos muschatus) The North American Musk Bull or Musk Ox provided food and skins to Native Americans. Date: 1790

Background imageMusk Collection: Suncus murinus caerulescens, Indian grey musk-shrew

Suncus murinus caerulescens, Indian grey musk-shrew
Young Musk Rats. Annotated watercolour drawing by Oliva Fanny Tonge (1858-1949), from one of 16 sketchbooks presented to the Natural History Museum in 1952

Background imageMusk Collection: Male and female musk deer

Male and female musk deer. Date 1720

Background imageMusk Collection: Harrisons musk cologne. Philadelphia musk deer

Harrisons musk cologne. Philadelphia musk deer. Date c1857

Background imageMusk Collection: Musk Beetle

Musk Beetle
A Musk Beetle. Date: 1950s

Background imageMusk Collection: Plants / Rosa Moschata

Plants / Rosa Moschata
Musk Roses Personified

Background imageMusk Collection: Four types of cattle

Four types of cattle: Bull, Cow, Musk Buffalo, and Zebu (humped or Brahman)

Background imageMusk Collection: Deer / Musk Tibetan 1835

Deer / Musk Tibetan 1835
Two Tibetan Musk Deer

Background imageMusk Collection: Chevrotain (Bewick)

Chevrotain (Bewick)
Bewick thought the Chevrotain, or little Guinea Deer, was an antelope, but it is today recognised as a small version of the musk-deer. The Meminna beside it is from Sri Lanka

Background imageMusk Collection: Musk-Deer (Bewick)

Musk-Deer (Bewick)
Moschus moschiferus Bewick was puzzled as to what species this creature is, but it is now recognised as a kind of deer. It is famed for the perfume it produces

Background imageMusk Collection: Beaver (Bewick)

Beaver (Bewick)
Castor fiber : Bewick depicts the Musquash, Musk Beaver or Little Beaver


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