Nobile Collection

Jaspideum variety of Dendrobium nobile orchid.. Illustration drawn by C. de Bruyne and chromolithographed by P. de Pannemaeker from Lucien Lindens Lindenia, Iconography of Orchids, Brussels, 1902

Chamomile, Chamaemelum nobile (Anthemis nobilis). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Roman camomile or camomille, Chamaemelum nobile, Anthemis nobilis, Camomille romaine

Airship Norge, the first N-Class semi-rigid airship to be designed by Umberto Nobile

Masdevallia coccinea, Trisetella gemmata, Dracula chimaera
Orchids: Masdevallia coccinea, Trisetella gemmata and Dracula chimaera. Chromolithograph from an illustration by B

Roman chamomile, Chamaemelum nobile (Anthemis nobilis). Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835

Noble dendrobium orchid, Dendrobium nobile (var. nobilius). Chromolithograph by J. Goffart after an illustration by A. Goossens from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1895

Corals and seaweeds
Precious coral, Corallium rubrum 1, fused ivory tree coral, Oculina varicosa 2, bamboo coral, Isis hippuris 3, and bryozoan, Flustra foliacea 4

Noble rhubarb or Sikkim rhubarb, Rheum nobile. Illustration copied from a sketch by Joseph Dalton Hooker

Curtis British Entomology Plate 9
Diptera: Anthrax ornata = Thyridanthrax fenestratus (Beautiful Bee-fly) [Plant: Chamaemelum nobile (Anthemis nobilis, Common Chamomile)] Date: 1824-39

Caudebec en Caux, France - Monument to Heroes of Latham 47
Caudebec en Caux, France - Monument to the Latham 47 Heroes

Cleaning the Deck
The crew of the Citta di Milano, the support ship for Nobiles expedition, swab the deck Date: 1928

Nobile Rescue Vessel
Captain Tucci and his officers stand on the deck of the Citta di Milano, the supply ship supporting Nobiles ill-fated expedition Date: 1928

Umberto Nobile 1926
UMBERTO NOBILE Italian aviator with many notable feats including Arctic flights. We have several pictures of his activities. Date: 1885 - 1978

NOBILE / MAY 1926
Umberto Nobile, at the time of his flight across the North Pole in Norge - seen here with his daughter Maria and the dog who was the mascot of of the expedition Date: May 1926

NORGE IN ARCTIC
The Italian-built Norge of the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile expedition which will fly from Spitzbergen to Alaska via the North Pole, making Amundsen the first to visit both Poles

Amundsen / Airship Norge
Norwegian polar explorer and aviator, who died attempting to rescue Umberto Nobile

Lundborg Crashes
Swedish aviator Lundborg, who previously distinguished him- self in the rescue of Italian aviator Nobile, crashes again in the Arctic, but luckily, not fatally

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