Photograph Collection (page 25)

Pan paniscus, pygmy chimpanzee
Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Workers at Piltdown

Mounted specimen of Crocodylus sp. crocodile
Photograph of a mounted crocodile specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Gorilla gorilla, gorilla

Sir Charles Lyell, Bart. F. R. S. (1797-1875)
Sir Charles Lyell, a Scottish lawyer, geologist, and populariser of uniformitarianism. Photographed by Maull & Polyblank, Photographers. Ca 1854

Artiodactyla (order), artiodactyl
Photograph of various artiodactyls, or even-toed ungulate mammal skeletons, held in the Osteology storeroom at the Natural History Museum, London

Randolph Kirkpatrick (1863-1950)
Portrait of Randolph Kirkpatrick, a British naturalist. From a photograph of the Natural History Museum Zoology Department, October 1895

Vespula vulgaris L. common wasp
Photograph of a female worker common wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

Kogia breviceps, pygmy sperm whale
Photograph of the skull of a pygmy sperm whale

Cetacea (order), cetacean stomach contents
Stomach contents of a Cetacean (either a whale, dolphin or a porpoise) preserved in a spirit jar. Specimen stored at the Natural History Museum, London

Frank Greenaway, Science Photographer
Museum photographer Frank Greenaway lighting a gemstone so that the internal structure is captured in a photograph

Professor J. S. Weiner
Pretoria born scientist who became Reader in Physical Anthropology at Oxford. In 1953 he famously exposed the Piltdown Man as a fraud

Cypress in Mr Watsons garden, Madeira
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

Gibraltar Old Mole
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

Myotis daubentonii, Daubentons bat
A Daubentons bat roosting. Photograph published on page 17 of Bats by Phil Richardson, a Natural History Museum publication, 2002

Excavations at Piltdown c. 1913
Arthur Smith Woodward and the Abbe Henri Breuil at Piltdown

Arthur Keith (1866-1955)
Portrait of Arthur Keith, a Scottish anatomist and anthropologist, in 1912. In 1935 he re-evaluated his 1914 interpretation of the Piltdown fossil

Sperm whale skeleton, March 1901
This sperm whale skeleton stood in the Central Hall between 1882 and 1901. The whale was found near Thurso, Scotland, in 1863

Zoology Unpacking Room, 1924, the Natural History Museum
Following a four-year delay due to boundary discussions with the proposed new Science Museum, an Unpacking Room for zoological specimens opened for business in early 1912

Panthera tigris corbetti, Indochinese tiger
Tiger skin from Laobao, Vietnam. Specimen held at The Natural History Museum, London

Lophopus cristallinus, freshwater bryozoan
A freshwater bryozoan collected from the west coast of Norfolk it is an example of one of 11 freshwater bryozoans found in the U.K

Blue Whale Hall, Mammals Gallery
View of Blue Whale Hall, Mammal Gallery, Gallery 24, Life Galleries at The Natural History Museum, London

John Thomas Tunney (1871-1929)
Photograph of the late J.T. Tunney from The Emu, Volume 38, 1954, Plate 39. Tunney was an ornithologist who in 1902-1903 collected specimens for Lord Rothschild

Mammal Study, Natural History Museum, 1924
Published in Life Through A Lens, Photographs from the Natural History Museum 1880-1950 by Susan Snell & Polly Tucker, 2003

Panthera tigris balica, Balinese tiger
Tiger skin from Bali. Specimen held at The Natural History Museum, London

Hair of the Dog
A scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a dog hair

Panthera tigris tigris, Bengal tiger
Tiger skin from Bengal. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Monodon monoceros, narwhal
The skull and a selecton of vertebrae specimens of the narwhal whale, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, hyacinth macaw
A hyacinth macaw (Anondorhynchus hyacinthinus) flight feather.Photograph used in Dr Anglea Milners Dino-Birds (2002)

Pteronotus parnellii mesoamericanus, common mustached bat
A common mustached bat (Pteronotus parnellii mesoamericanus) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Mrs T. V. Wallace, A. R. Wallace and his sister Fanny, Mrs Sim
Taken after Wallaces return from the Amazon. Photograph from the Wallace collection in the General Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Viverra sp. civet
This civet specimen was obtained in 1867, and held at The Natural History Museum, London

Panthera tigris sondaica, Javan tiger
Tiger skin from Java. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Vulpes vulpes, red fox
The red fox is the largest of the Vulpes genus. It can be found all over Europe, North America, South America, Australia and in parts of Northern Asia

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

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

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

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

Photograph of corals from the Yonge collection
Photograph from the collection of Sir Charles Maurice Yonge (1899-1986) relating to the Great Barrier Reef Expedition (1927-1929), in the Archive of the Natural History Museum, London

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

Cordyline liliaceous tree, peculiar to New Zealand
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

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

Groups on board Challenger

Consuls House, Sandy Point, Strait of Magellan
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

View across to a mountain with buildings in the foreground
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

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

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

Women beside a jinrikisha (Japanese rickshaw), Japan
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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