Nineteenth Century Collection (page 56)

Enicurus maculatus, spotted forktail
Plate 68 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 4, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

William Buckland (1784-1856)
Print annotated in pencil Dr Buckland Dean of Westminster. Buckland was an English geologist and palaeontologist, who wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur

Harpactes ardens, Philippine trogon
Plate 39, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or Family of Trogons, (1838)

John Reeves (1774-1856)
Portrait of John Reeves, a British naturalist. Miniature oil painting, artist unknown, c. 1815. Original held at the Natural History Museum, London

Main entrance and Cromwell Road facade of the Natural Histor
Front entrance and Cromwell Road facade of the Waterhouse building designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905). The Museum opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Merremia cf. umbellata, morning glory
Plate 1027 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Woodward Bernard Barham (1853-1930)
Mr Woodward Bernard Barham, a librarian (seated right) and his staff. Barham worked in the General Library at the Natural History Museum, London. 1909

Rousselet hatif, pear
Pears plate no 3 from Pomona Franconica Vol 3 1776 by J Mayer

Violaeoides
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 1905. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 167

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913)
Portrait from a daguerrotype. Wallace was an English naturalist and explorer

Pandanus sp. screw pine
Plate 883 from the John Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Typhonium roxburghii
Plate 1116 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Batrachostomos auritas, large frogmouth
Plate from John Goulds Icones Avium, or figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of Birds from various parts of the globe, Vol.2 (1837-1838)

Impatiens wallerana, busy lizzie
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 214

Main Entrance of the Natural History Museum
The main entrance illuminated for an evening function at the Natural History Museum, London

Notes made by Darwin
On a collection of coral specimens he collected during a study of reefs in 1836 at the Cocos Islands (formerly the Keeling Islands) in the Indian Ocean

Appias nero, orange albatross butterfly
Photograph of a mounted specimen of an orange albatross butterfly collected by Wallace from Sarawak, Borneo

Detail view of beast designed by Alfred Waterhouse for The W
Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Ptilodictya lanceolata (Goldfuss), bryozoan
Curved-shaped frond of a fossil cryptostome bryozoan on a block with a brachiopod. Specimen originates from the Silurian Wenlock Limestone, Dudley, West Midlands

Methona themisto, bates butterfly
Photograph of a mounted Bates butterfly specimen of (Patia orise), formerly called (Leptalis orise). Specimen collected at Tapajos, Amazon

Detail view of beast - designed by Alfred Waterhouse for The
Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Ursus arctos, grizzly bear
Ursus-Ferox (Lewis & Clark), Grizzly Bear (Males). Plate 131 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 3, 1848, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)

Sylvilagus palustris, marsh rabbit
Lepus Palustris (Bachman), Marsh rabbit. Plate 18 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 1, 1845, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)

Tamiasciurus douglasii, Douglas squirrel
Sciurus Longipilis, Long Haired Squirrel. Plate 27 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 2, 1846, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)

The light of science cartoon
The light of science dispelling the darkness which covered the world - a satirical cartoon by Henry T De la Beche, 1832, depicting Lady Murchinson, wife of Sir Roderick Impey Murchinson

Papaver bracteatum, Oriental poppy
Watercolour painting by John Lindley 1799-1865. Lindley was Professor of Botany at UCL (University College London) and the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) library is named after him

Lilium martagon, Turks cap lily
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1906. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Masdevallia chimaera, orchid
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1912. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Nymphaea alba, white water lily
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1907/8. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Lilium umbellatum, red lily
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Ophrys purpurea, orchid
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1906. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaver bracteatum, Oriental poppy (detail)
Watercolour painting by John Lindley 1799-1865. Lindley was Professor of Botany at UCL (University College London) and the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) library is named after him

Sus sp. hog, Old English breed
Plate 3 from The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands Vol. 2, 1842, by David Low (1786-1859)

Prunus sp. peach (Neals Early Purple Peach)
Plate 23 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Octopus illustration
Plate 20, watercolour by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker from the plate collection of the Murray Library

Pyrus sp. apple (The Court of Wick Pippin)
Plate 32 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pyrus sp. pear (Wormsley Bergamot Pear)

Pyrus sp. pear (Chaumontel Pear)
Plate 11 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Vitis sp. grape (Black Prince Grape)
Plate 45 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Vitis sp. vine grapes
Plate 74 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Various flowers
Plate 69 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Erinaceus europaeus, western European hedgehog
Plate 120 Hedgehog. Original watercolour drawing from The Naturalists Library, Mammalia, Vol. 2, 1833-1843, by Sir William Jardine (1800-1874)

Pyrus sp. apple
Plate 63 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Antarctic fish illustration
Watercolour by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker from his Drawings of Antartic Fish, 1889. Plate no 12

Prunus sp. peach (Bourdine Peach)
Plate 16 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pyrus sp. pear (True St. Germain Pear)
Plate 5 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Camellia sp. camellia

Amygdalus sp. almond
Plate 64 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

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