Natural Collection (page 5)

Japanese River Scene
Boating on a tranquil river just after sundown

Africa / Exploration / Congo
CONGO - French and German officials, determined to correctly map the boundary between their territories, make their way through the marshy Lobaye valley

Whittaker Star Maps 11
Including Cygnus, Lacerta and Lyra

Spring Announced 1876
Spring is announced to a pretty lady at a window

Blunt / Planet / Parallax
A diagram showing the parallax of the planets

Lake Coniston 1950S
The breathtaking view over Lake Coniston in the English Lake District, Cumbria, seen from Tarn Hows

Shepperton Flood 1929
Three men wading through the River Thames, towing a boat loaded with a crate containing a large sow, part of the animal farm belonging to Mrs. Brown of Shepperton, England

Modern Zodia: Scorpio
The Modern Zodiac: An Artists Almanac of English Society. A woman wearing a headdress of autumn leaves surrounded by scenes of fox hunting, college life & the new seasons ale

RAINBOW
A magnificent rainbow arch seems to form a bridge from land to sea, illuminating the foreground fields in iridescent light while the rain clouds disperse

Earths Central Fire
Cross-section of the globe showing the central fire, the lateral fires, and the volcanoes where the fire breaks out on the surface

Ignis Fatuus (Colour)
The ignis fatuus, or marsh light, lures the unwary traveller into dangerous marshwaters

Cyclone, Galveston 1900
Galveston, Texas, is devastated by a severe storm

Comet August 1921
The Earth passes through the tail of an unknown comet, with spectacular aerial effects

Franz Josef Fjord and Peterman Mountain, Greenland
View of the Franz Josef Fjord (named after the Emperor who helped to fund an expedition there) and the Peterman Mountain, with glacier, in north eastern Greenland

Planet earth as perceived by Cosmas, with walls on either side of the Heavens, a transparent firmament, a reservoir of waters above the planet, and above them the Empyrean vault

A portrait of Isadora Duncan, 1931
A portrait of the famous American dancer Isadora Duncan, 1931 Date: 1931

Octopus and squid species
Common octopus, Octopus vulgaris 1, musky octopus, Eledone moschata 2, European flying squid, Todarodes sagittatus 3, and glass squid, Cranchia scabra 4

Norway lobster and shrimp
Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus 1, and shrimp, Atya scabra 2. Nefrope di Norvegia, Atia spinosa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle

Bird of paradise, Strelitzia reginae
Crane flower or bird of paradise, Strelitzia reginae, Strelitzia della Regina. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Tetratheca glandulosa, Tetrateca glandulosa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

Radiated tortoise, Astrochelys radiata. Critically endangered. Testudo coui. Testuggine coui. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze

Skate, stingray and thornback ray
Skate, Dipturus batis 8, 9, stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca 10, and thornback ray, Raja clavata 11. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish

Barrel jellyfish, Rhizostoma cuvieri. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842

Organ pipe coral, Tubipora chamissonis. Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842

Common furze or whin, Ulex europaeus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Sweet cicely, Myrrhis odorata
Sweet cicely or great chervil, Myrrhis odorata (Scandix odorata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

European sea sturgeon and skate
European sea sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, critically endangered, and skate, Dipturus batis (Raia gaimardi). Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys

Alligator and wall gecko
Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, and common wall gecko, Tarentola mauritanica. Handcolored engraving by Forget after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d

Stemmed plants including coffee, blueberry, papaya, argan, achras, desert date, styrax, olive, rhododendron, kalmia, gardenia, etc

Scarlet leafwing, Siderone galanthis
Scarlet or red-striped leafwing, Siderone galanthis, and cardinal butterfly, Argynnis pandora. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Green-throated carib, Eulampis holosericeus. Male adult
Green-throated carib, Eulampis holosericeus (Trochilus holosericeus). Male adult. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons

West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus, and dugong, Dugong dugon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Ostrich, Struthio camelus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andreas Hoffer after an illustration by Johann Christoph Keller from Georg Wolfgang Knorrs Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van

Indian grey mongoose and mango fruit
Indian grey mongoose, Herpestes edwardsi 1 and mango, Mangifera indica 2. Mangouste nems, mangier. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pfitzer after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard

Basalt columns in Fingals Cave, Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pfitzer from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle

Roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus (Antilope equina). Handcoloured engraving by Thomas Landseer after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith of a specimen in the British Museum from Edward

Sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus (Marine or spotted lamprey). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

European pilchard, Sardina pilchardus (Pilchard, Clupea pilchardus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus. Vulnerable
Haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Gadus aeglefinus). Vulnerable. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Guinea baboon, Papio papio. Petit papion. Copperplate engraving by Baron after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffons Histoire Naturelle, Imprimerie Royale

Barbary macaque or magot, Macaca sylvanus. Endangered. Copperplate engraving by P.F. Tardieu after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffons Histoire Naturelle

Hydrangea, Hydrangea hortensia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802

Cereal grains
Wheat, Triticum aestivum 1, rye, Secale cereale 2, barley, Hordeum distichon 3, and oats, Avena sativa 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Warthog Phacochoerus africanus and South American
Warthog, Phacochoerus africanus, and South American tapir, Tapirus terrestris (vulnerable).. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals

SOLAR PANELS 1929
Solar panels on the roof of a house will capture the suns heat during the summer and store it to heat the house in the bleak mid-winter. Date: 1929

Grand Canyon National Park fr. Terrace of Grand Canyon Lodge
Grand Canyon National Park from the Terrace of the Grand Canyon Lodge - North Rim. Date: circa 1930s

Stromboli Volcano erupting - Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Sea and land, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
Land and sea view in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. circa 1967

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