Nymphaea Collection

Nymphaea sp. water lily
Watercolour No. 15 by Walter Hood Fitch, c. mid-1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Blue lotus of the Nile, Nymphaea caerulea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Yellow lotus, white water lily and leaf-footed bugs
Yellow lotus, Nelumbo lutea 1, leaf-footed bugs, Anisoscelis foliaceus 2 and Anoplocnemis curvipes 3, and white water lily, Nymphaea alba 4. Nelumbo, Nematope, Nenuphar

The Water Lilies: Trees Reflections by Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French impressionist painter. The Water Lilies: Trees Reflections, ca. 1915-1926. Oil on canvas (200 x 850 cm). Orangerie Museum. Paris. France

The Water Lilies: The Two Willows, circa 1915-1926 by Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French impressionist painter. The Water Lilies: The Two Willows, ca. 1915-1926. Oil on canvas (200 x 1700 cm). Detail. Orangerie Museum. Paris. France

The Water Lilies: Clear Morning with Willows by Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French impressionist painter. The Water Lilies: Clear Morning with Willows, ca. 1915-1926. Oil on canvas (200 x 1275 cm). Orangerie Museum. Paris. France

The Water Lilies: Morning with Willows by Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French impressionist painter. The Water Lilies: Morning with Willows, ca. 1915-1926. Oil on canvas (200 x 1275 cm). Orangerie Museum. Paris. France

The Water Lilies: Green Reflections circa 1915-1926 by Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French impressionist painter. The Water Lilies: Green Reflections, ca. 1915-1926. Oil on canvas (200 x 850 cm). Detail. Orangerie Museum. Paris. France

Water lilies, 1916-1919 by Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French impressionist painter. Water lilies, 1916-1919. Marmottan Monet Museum. Paris. France

Egyptian waterlily, Nymphaea lotus var. rubra. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Gold-rayed lily of Japan or yamayuri, Lilium auratum. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Catocala conversa, Catocala nymphaea and oak yellow
Catocala conversa 1-3, Catocala nymphaea 4, and oak yellow underwing, Catocala nymphagoga 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Sweetfern underwing and oak yellow underwing
Sweetfern underwing, Catocala antinympha 1-3, Catocala nymphaea 4, and oak yellow underwing, Catocala nymphagoga 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann

Lunar yellow underwing and Langmaids yellow underwing
Lunar yellow underwing, Noctua orbona 1, and lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing or Langmaids yellow underwing, Noctua janthina 2-5

Yellow waterlily, Nuphar lutea (Nymphaea lutea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1794

Waterlily species
Foreign yellow waterlily, Nymphaea advena, sweet-scented waterlily, Nymphaea odorata, N. odorata minor, and shining waterlily, Nymphaea nitida

White water lily, Nymphaea alba, and yellow water lily, Nuphar lutea. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

European white water lily, Nymphaea alba, Nymphea blanc.Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

The white Water-Lily and yellow Nuphar, Silence
The white Water-Lily, Nymphaea odorata, and yellow waterlily, Nuphar lutea, Silence. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora

Gigantic water lily variety, Victoria amazonica (Nymphaea gigantea or Victoria fitzroyana). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens

Tiger lotus, Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis (Nymphaea thermalis). Hungary, spa waters. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens

Blue lotus, Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea (Nymphaea caerulea). Handcoloured lithograph by Stroobant from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Amazon water-lily, Nymphaea amazonum. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe

White waterlily, Nymphaea alba. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London, 1816

Red-flowered water lily, Nymphaea rubra. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, T. Curtis, London, 1810

Curtis British Entomology Plate 485
Diptera: Cordylura livens = Hydromyza livens (Water-lily Cordylura Fly) [Plant: Nymphaea alba (White Water-lily)] Date: 1824-39

FALL / HUTCHINSON / POODLES
Mrs. Hutchinson, wearing a cloche hat, a knitted dress and a string of pearls, sits among her poodles - kennel name Nymphaea - which she bred with her daughter. Date: 1925

PLANTS / NYMPHAEA LUTEA
YELLOW WATER-LILY Date: early 20th century

Nymphaea rubra, Indian red water lily
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection, held at the Natural History Museum, London. Painted by Sydenham Teast Edwards and engraved by Francis Sansom

Nymphaea coerulea, blue Egyptian water lily
Illustration from The Temple of Flora (1812) by Dr Robert John Thornton (1768-1837)

Nymphaea capensis var. zanzibariensis, cape blue waterlily
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1907. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 133

Fran Kern with herbarium specimen
Fran Kern a botanist at the Natural History Museum, London. The specimen featured is Nymphaea candida C. Presl, candid water lily collected in Sweden

Nymphaea odorata var. minor
Plate 45. Watercolour on paper, 1901 by Mrs Hosea B. Morse (Annie Josephine Wexford) (1853-1940). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1901

Illustration, Pyrales -- Tortrices -- Hydrocampa Nymphaeata, Odontia Dentalis, Ennychia Nigrata, Threnodes Pollinalis, Pyrausta Purpuralis, Botys Urticata, Botys Flavalis, Botys Hyalinalis

Corolla examples: monopetalous bindweed, hexapetala lily and polypetala waterlily.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures

Cup-flowered water lily with large white flower in front of round lily pad, Nymphaea nitida.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtiss

White water lily, Nymphaea alba.. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieus Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Tooth-leaved lotus, Nymphaea dentata.. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Hood Fitch for Sir William Jackson Hookers Curtiss Botanical Magazine, London

Nymphaea rubra, red indian water lily see 40246
Plate 1160 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1790. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Nymphaea nelumbo, sacred Egyptian bean
Illustration from The Temple of Flora by Robert John Thornton (1768?-1837). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Nymphaea sp. water lily: underside of leaf
Plate 3 from Victoria Regia 1854, by John Fisk Allen. Illustration by William Sharp

Nymphaea lotus, water lily of Malabar
Watercolour by T. Reichel, 1789. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Nymphaea capensis, cape blue water lily
Unsigned artwork from early 1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Nymphaea ampla, water lily
Watercolour no. 15 by Ralph Stennett, 1806. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Nymphaea rubra Roxb. red Indian water lily
Plate 1160 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Nymphaea lotus, water lily
Plate 6 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Nymphaea rubra, Indian red water lily
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1907. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 132

Nymphaea stellata L. water lily
Watercolour on vellum by Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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