Nut Collection (page 4)

Bohemian Woman - Coumara Nut Seller - Istanbul, Turkey. Coumara nuts are the seeds of the Tonka Bean Tree, used in medicines, perfumes and (in Asia) as a substitute for Vanilla. Date: circa 1904

The Wall Nut - Effeminate young gent pondering the scene
The " Wall-Nut" - An effeminate (Metro-sexual?!) young gent pondering the scene from his perch on the promenade wall of a seaside resort

London Street Chestnut Seller - " All Hot". Date: 1894

Burglar in disguise - not the most convincing transformation
Extract from an interview with a celebrated burglar - " The Old style of Crib Crackers is all done away with now-a-days

Scruffy Street Tough advertising The Ladies Idol
Humorous ironic cartoon by Phil May, depicting a scruffy, unattractive street tough advertising The Ladies Idol at The Vaudeville Theatre. Date: 1895

Nut facing and chamfering machine

Duplex nut shaping machine

Nut shaping machine

Pistacia vera, pistachio tree
Illustration from Pomona Italiana Vol 2 (1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Cocoa nucifera L. coco palm
Coconut and coco palm illustrations from Koehlers Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen, 1887-1888, held in the Natural History Museums Botany Library

Amygdalis communis, common almond
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Eos rubra, red lory
Plate 14, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Juglands regia, English walnut
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Mandorla premice, almond tree
Plate from Pomona Italiana Vol 2 (1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Cola acuminata, cola nut
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Prunus communis, almond tree
Plate 21 from Le Regne Vegetal. Vol 16 1871. Originally called Amandier commun in this publication the current name by which the Almond tree is know is (Prunus communis)

Calocitta colliei, black-throated magpie-jay
Plate 96 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Buteo platypterus, broad-winged hawk
Plate 91 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Parus carolinensis, Carolina chickadee
Plate 63, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Prunus sp. almond tree

Lithocarpus, stone oak

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)

Sterculia and Eriobotrya japonica, Chinese almond and loqua
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge (1858-1949). From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952. Held in the Zoology Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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

Anacardium occidentale L. cashew apple

Corylus avellana, cob nut
Plate 49 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Prunus communis, almond
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Silhouette, To Lay Up for a Rainy Day
To Lay Up for a Rainy Day -- silhouette showing a squirrel putting nuts aside for survival during the winter

Nut Conference / 1962
A conference of the National Union of Teachers (NUT). Secondary school section. Date: 1962

British Ballad, Lord Thomas and Fair Annet
LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET. British Ballad telling the story of Lord Thomas who is in love with Fair Annet and plans to marry her

British Ballad, The Nut-Brown Mayd (Maid)
THE NUT BROWN MAYD (Maid - Maiden) Popular British Ballad by an anonymous author, praising the virtues of a devoted woman. First appearing around the 16th century

The Andrinople Gate - Constantinople, Turkey

Pistachio nut seller - Izmir, Turkey
A Pistachio nut seller from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Cobnuts, Filberts
Kentish Cobnuts Filberts These are both cultivated varieties of the Hazel-nut

Festive Nutty Squirrel 4
Festive tableau with a stuffed nut munching squirrel with holly berries, ivy, a fir tress and a yule log

Betel Nut Seller
A vendor of betel - the leaves of the plant are wrapped round parings of the areca nut and a little lime, which is then chewed and chewed and chewed

Strychnos Nux-Vomica
Strychnine, or Poison-Nut, or Vomic Nut the Source of Curare

Gnomes Deliver Presents
Two kindly gnomes drag a load of presents - Christmas in a nut-shell !

Little Nut Tree (Crane)
I had a little nut tree, nothing would it bear but a silver nutmeg & a golden pear The king of Spains daughter came to visit me, all for the sake of my little nut tree

Red Squirrel 1879
A red squirrel eating a nut

Nut Holding Figurine
The mother of the gods, with her brother the earth-god Geb; she is depicted holding a male figurine though it is not clear if this is one of her children

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