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Nature Collection (#57)

Background imageNature Collection: Smew, or White Nun, by John James Audubon

Smew, or White Nun, by John James Audubon
Smew, or White Nun, Mergus Albellus, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Background imageNature Collection: Arctic Yager, by John James Audubon

Arctic Yager, by John James Audubon
Arctic Yager, Lestris Parasitica, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Background imageNature Collection: Horned Grebe, by John James Audubon

Horned Grebe, by John James Audubon
Horned Grebe, Podiceps Cornutus, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Background imageNature Collection: Crested Grebe, by John James Audubon

Crested Grebe, by John James Audubon
Crested Grebe, Podiceps Cristatus, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Background imageNature Collection: Carolina Turtle Dove, by John James Audubon

Carolina Turtle Dove, by John James Audubon
Carolina Turtle Dove, Columba Carolinensis, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Background imageNature Collection: Australian Landscape, Charles E Gordon Frazer

Australian Landscape, Charles E Gordon Frazer
An Australian Landscape at Sunset with a withered gum tree in the foreground, by Charles E Gordon Frazer (1863-1899)

Background imageNature Collection: A professor explaining to an audience the nature of a balloo

A professor explaining to an audience the nature of a balloo
A professor filling and explaining to an audience the nature of a balloon

Background imageNature Collection: Major Moneys Perilous Situation

Major Moneys Perilous Situation
Plate showing Major Moneys Perilous Situation. When he fell into the sea 23 July 1785 off the coast of Yarmouth. From Polehamptons Gallery of Art and Nature

Background imageNature Collection: Design with trees

Design with trees. Watercolour on cartridge paper. Silver Studio. 1938

Background imageNature Collection: Design for printed textile with animals

Design for printed textile with animals
Design for printed textile with wild animals. Pencil, watercolour and gouache on tracing paper, mounted on plain paper. Silver Studio. 1930

Background imageNature 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 imageNature Collection: Undulated parakeet

Undulated parakeet
Plate by Frederick Polydore Nodder from George Shaws The Naturalist Miscellany, Vol. 16, (1751-1813)

Background imageNature Collection: Parakeet undulated

Parakeet undulated
Parrakeet undulated, article taken from George Shaws The Naturalists Miscellany vol. 16, 1751-1813

Background imageNature Collection: Madras Nature Print

Madras Nature Print From East Indian Plants Collection. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageNature Collection: Darwin Initiative project members

Darwin Initiative project members
Collecting plants in the threatened Atlantic forests of the Mbaracayu Forest Nature Reserve, Paraguay

Background imageNature Collection: John Goulds house

John Goulds house
John Gould was born in England in 1804 and died in 1881. In 1827 he became taxidermist to the Zoological Society of London

Background imageNature Collection: Directions for Nature Printing First Leaf

Directions for Nature Printing First Leaf. From the Botany Plate Collection

Background imageNature Collection: Organising nature section in Cocoon

Organising nature section in Cocoon
The Organising nature section in Cocoon in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageNature Collection: Using a NaturePlus card

Using a NaturePlus card
A visitor using a NaturePlus card in Cocoon in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageNature Collection: Aedes cantans, mosquito

Aedes cantans, mosquito
Original painting by Amadeo J. E. Terzi, (1872-1956). 316 x 445 mm. c. 1905

Background imageNature Collection: Deer hunter

Deer hunter
Wallpaper design featuring a hunter stalking a deer 1922

Background imageNature Collection: Chinese magpie wallpaper design

Chinese magpie wallpaper design
Wallpaper design featuring birds perched on branches, surrounded by colourful flowers and butterflies. Date: 1922

Background imageNature Collection: Brightly coloured floral pattern with butterflies

Brightly coloured floral pattern with butterflies
Fabric design featuring vibrant floral pattern with blue butterflies. Date: 1922

Background imageNature Collection: Colourful flowers and birds

Colourful flowers and birds
Colourful fabric design depicting exotic birds perching on branch with bright exotic flowers Date: 1922

Background imageNature Collection: Red bird and flowers

Red bird and flowers
Printed linen design depicting a red bird and surrounded by flowers Date: 1922

Background imageNature Collection: Brightly coloured birds on branches

Brightly coloured birds on branches
Fabric pattern depicting brightly coloured birds on branches Date: 1922

Background imageNature Collection: Birds, flowers and fruits pattern for fabric

Birds, flowers and fruits pattern for fabric
Brightly-coloured fabric pattern depicting birds, flowers and fruits. Date: 1922

Background imageNature Collection: Spring flowers

Spring flowers including bluebells and crocuses Date: 1922

Background imageNature Collection: Boat on river surrounded by trees

Boat on river surrounded by trees
Boat on river surrounded by colourful trees 1922

Background imageNature Collection: Oranges growing on branch

Oranges growing on branch
Brightly coloured fruits on tree with white blossom. 1922

Background imageNature Collection: Apple tree embroidery

Apple tree embroidery 1922

Background imageNature Collection: Wallpaper design depicting exotic birds on branch

Wallpaper design depicting exotic birds on branch 1922

Background imageNature Collection: Silhouette of birds singing on branch

Silhouette of birds singing on branch Date: c. 1930

Background imageNature Collection: Darwin in his garden

Darwin in his garden Date: 1912

Background imageNature Collection: Two squirrels

Two squirrels
Two sweet little squirrels on a branch. c. 1920

Background imageNature Collection: Silhouette of a lady reading a love letter

Silhouette of a lady reading a love letter
Beautiful silhouette of a woman standing by a statue of Cupid, reading a love letter. c. 1919

Background imageNature Collection: Little girl with ducklings

Little girl with ducklings
A small child sits in a flowering meadow surrounded by ducklings. c. 1910

Background imageNature Collection: Swooping owl weathervane

Swooping owl weathervane 2011

Background imageNature Collection: A branch with sycamore seed pods

A branch with sycamore seed pods 2011

Background imageNature Collection: Butterfly amidst flowers

Butterfly amidst flowers 2011

Background imageNature Collection: Butterflies amongst the flowers

Butterflies amongst the flowers 2011

Background imageNature Collection: HUMBOLDT, Alexander von (1769-1859). Prussian

HUMBOLDT, Alexander von (1769-1859). Prussian
" HUMBOLDT, Alexander von (1769-1859). Prussian explorer and geographer. " Aspects of Nature", English edition of Humboldts work edited in London (1844). SPAIN. Barcelona

Background imageNature Collection: SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). Cpver of the first volume

SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). Cpver of the first volume
" SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). Cpver of the first volume of Adam Smiths work " Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations", the first great treatise on capitalism

Background imageNature Collection: GILII, Filippo Salvatore (1721 - 1789). Italian

GILII, Filippo Salvatore (1721 - 1789). Italian
" GILII, Filippo Salvatore (1721 - 1789). Italian Jesuit priest and linguist who lived in Nueva Granada (Venezuela) on the Orinoco. He studied the nature of languages

Background imageNature Collection: SMITH, Adam (1723-1790)

SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). Title page from Adam Smiths work An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of

Background imageNature Collection: Foal sheltering from bad weather under another horse

Foal sheltering from bad weather under another horse

Background imageNature Collection: Parrots

Parrots

Background imageNature Collection: Z for Zoo. Chimpanzees tea-party

Z for Zoo. Chimpanzees tea-party
Z for Zoo. Which is the biggest zoo in the world? The Etosha Reserve in South-West Africa, home to this chimpanzees tea-party. From Treasure no. 215 (25 February 1967)



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