Photograph Collection (#18)

Micronycteris brachyotis, orange-throated bat
An orange-throated bat (Micronycteris brachyotis) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Sturnira lilium parvidens, yellow-shouldered bat

A Hayu or Vayu of Nepal, age 60, c. 1840
Photograph, plate 33, from the collection made by Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894), an employee of the Indian Civil Service from 1818-1843

Microchiroptera (suborder), microbat
Photograph of the left side view of the skull of a microbat, measuring 4cm, with its relatively short snout and lower jaw

Ali - Wallaces Malay Boy
Photograph from the Wallace collection in the General Library at the Natural History Museum, London

View of H. M. S. Challenger in Bermuda, West Indies
The Voyage of H.M.S Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an

Mustelus canis, smooth dogfish
A baby smooth dogfish (Mustelus canis). These small members of the shark familly can be found in the western Atlantic from Massachusetts to northern Argentina and in the Gulf of Mexico

Pteronotus davyi fulvus, Davys naked-backed bat
A Davys naked-backed bat (Pteronotus davyi fulvus) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Diphylla ecaudata, hairy-legged vampire bat
A hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Rhynchonycteris naso, proboscis bat
A proboscis bat (Rhynchonycteris naso) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

The birthplace of Alfred Russel Wallace
Photograph from My Life - A record of events and opinions (1908) by Alfred Russel Wallace

Natives of Timor
Photograph from the Wallace collection in the General Library of The Natural History Museum

Micronycteris nicefori, large-eared bat
A large-eared bat (Micronycteris nicefori) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

The Tower of Pelee, looking North
The breaking clouds and vapors uncovering the giant obelisk. Photograph taken June 13, 1902. Figure XXXII in Heilprin, A. (1908)

Charles Hazelius Sternberg (1850-1943)
Portrait of Charles Hazelius Sterrnberg, an American fossil collector and amateur paleontologist

The Piltdown (Skull) Gravel Pit
The site where the Pitdown specimens were claimed to have been discovered (1912-1915). Photograph believed to have been taken during the winter of 1913

Nesolagus netscheri, Sumatran rabbit
Photograph, viewed from above, of a Sumatran rabbit skin specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Barkham Avenue, Piltdown, Sussex
View looking down the drive c. 1912, including from left to right, Venus Hargreaves, Arthur Smith Woodward (with the goose Chipper), Charles Dawson, and Robert Kenward Snr

The Tower of Pelee, looking West-Southwest
View impressively showing the core-like extrusion from the cone of dome. Photograph taken June 13, 1903. Figure XXXIV in Heilprin, A

Searching for the Piltdown Man

Tupaia glis, common tree shrew
Teeth in the upper mandible of a male comon tree shrew, showing the fundamental mammalian triangle of sharp, pointed cusps. Scale is in millimetres

Tommaso Salvadori (1835-1923)
Count Adelaro Tommaso Salvadori Paleotti was one of ten eminent ornithologists who assisted Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Head of the Bird Section. Image shows Tommaso working on flamingoes, c. 1890

James William Tutt (1858-1911)
Portrait of James William Tutt, an English entomologist. From Entomologists Record and journal of Variation

William Benjamin Carpenter (1813-1885)
Member of the Challenger expedition (1873-1876) with responsibility for Orbitolites. The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876)

Orcaella brevirostris, Irrawaddy dolphin
Photograph of the dorsal view of the skull of an Irrawaddy dolphin

Varanus salvator, water monitor
Photograph of a mounted water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Anne Lorrain Smith
Portrait of Anne Lorrain Smith

Chrotopterus auritus auritus, woolly false vampire bat
Woolly false vampire bat (Chrotopterus auritus auritus) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Panoramic: Landscape at Madeira
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Photograph of Hodgsons bungalow in Darjeeling, c. 1850
Photograph, Plate 24, from the scrapbook collection made by Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894), an employee of the Indian Civil Service from 1818-1843. Hodgson lived in Darjeeling from 1844-1858

Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)
Portrait of Brian Houghton Hodgson, taken in 1860, aged 60. Plate 1 from the collection made by Brian Houghton Hodgson, a ethnologist

Portrait
Photograph from the Wallace collection held in the Natural History Museums Archive, reference WP15/3/5. The subject of the portrait is not known

Frederick Noel Ashcroft (1878-1949)
Frederick Noel Ashcroft, a mineralogist, in Sedrum. Ashcroft collected swiss minerals which are now housed at the Natural History Museum, London

Vegetation in Madeira, Portugal
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Farm Cove, Sydney, Australia
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Beached paddle steamer. China
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Navy Garrison on Ascension Island
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Natives with spear. Philippines
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Harbour
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Buildings seen across a lake
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Two tattooed men, Japan
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Natives grouped in front of a hut, Manila, Luzon, Philippine
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Bridge over stream bed
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

H. M. S. Challenger
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Darling Point, Sydney, Australia
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Bay in Cape Town, South Africa
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Storm damaged houses beside coast
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Women washing, Manila, Luzon, Philippines
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

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