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Picture Collection (page 19)

Background imagePicture Collection: Cassava and sweet potato

Cassava and sweet potato
Cassava or manioc, Manihot esculenta 1, and sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Background imagePicture Collection: Domesticated horse and dziggetai

Domesticated horse and dziggetai
Domesticated horse, Equus ferus caballus 2, and dziggetai or Gobi khulan, Equus hemionus luteus 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Christian Wilhelm Waitz from Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur

Background imagePicture Collection: Opium poppy and Cretan milk-vetch

Opium poppy and Cretan milk-vetch
Opium poppy with seedpod, Papaver somniferum 1, and Cretan milk-vetch, Astracantha cretica 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Background imagePicture Collection: Coffee and sugar cane plants

Coffee and sugar cane plants
Coffee tree with ripe fruit, Coffea arabica 1, and sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Background imagePicture Collection: Ostrich, cassowary, extinct dodo and penguins

Ostrich, cassowary, extinct dodo and penguins
Ostrich, Struthio camelus, cassowary, Struthio casuarius, extinct dodo, Raphus cucullatus, and species of penguin. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Background imagePicture Collection: Dutchmans pipe and asarabacca

Dutchmans pipe and asarabacca
Dutchmans pipe, Aristolochia macrophylla 1 and asarabacca, Asarum europaeum 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Background imagePicture Collection: Horsfields leaf-nosed bat and wrinkle-lipped bat

Horsfields leaf-nosed bat and wrinkle-lipped bat
Horsfields leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros larvatus 1, and wrinkle-lipped bat, Chaerephon plicatus tenuis 2. From Thomas Horsfields Zoological Researches in Java

Background imagePicture Collection: Thomas Hornors hut above the dome of St

Thomas Hornors hut above the dome of St
Thomas Hornors hut on scaffolding above the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral, London, where he painted his giant panorama of London, 1821

Background imagePicture Collection: Sea slugs

Sea slugs: Phyllidia varicosa 1, 2, Tergipes limacina 3, 4, Aeolidia papillosa 5, Scyllaea pelagica 6, Tritonia hombergii 7, Polycera quadrilineata 8, and Platydoris argo 9, 10

Background imagePicture Collection: Vertical section of the cave at Gailenreuth, Germany

Vertical section of the cave at Gailenreuth, Germany
Vertical section of the cave at Gailenreuth, near Muggendorf, Germany, after William Buckland, and entrance to the cave below

Background imagePicture Collection: View of the city of Cairo, Egypt, with its

View of the city of Cairo, Egypt, with its
View of the city of Cairo on the River Nile, Egypt, with its mosques, churches and synagogues, 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz after Cooke from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs

Background imagePicture Collection: View of the River Thames and the Tower of London, 1820

View of the River Thames and the Tower of London, 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823

Background imagePicture Collection: Asian palm civet and African civet

Asian palm civet and African civet
Asian palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus 1 and African civet, Civettictis civetta 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Background imagePicture Collection: Workers harvesting pink salt from the salt

Workers harvesting pink salt from the salt lakes near Perekop, Crimea, 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Background imagePicture Collection: View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, 1821

View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, 1821
View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, with 2, 700 inhabitants in 400 homes, 1821. Showing the government building, school, church, prison, battery and telegraph signals

Background imagePicture Collection: Bottlenose skate and electric rays

Bottlenose skate and electric rays
Endangered bottlenose skate, Rostroraja alba, dorsal 1, ventral 2, eyed electric ray, Torpedo torpedo 3, and marbled electric ray, Torpedo marmorata 4

Background imagePicture Collection: Smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris

Smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris: female 1, male 2, female depositing eggs on an aquatic leaf 3, egg 4, development of the young 5-12

Background imagePicture Collection: Asian fairy-bluebird and racket-tailed treepie

Asian fairy-bluebird and racket-tailed treepie
Asian fairy-bluebird, Irena puella, male 1, female 2, and racket-tailed treepie, Crypsirina temia 3. Copied from Horsfelds Zoological Researches in Java

Background imagePicture Collection: View of the Himalayan mountains

View of the Himalayan mountains. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823

Background imagePicture Collection: White-tailed deer and Malayan sambar deer

White-tailed deer and Malayan sambar deer
White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, stag 1, doe 2, and fawn 3, and Malayan sambar deer, Rusa unicolor equina, doe 4

Background imagePicture Collection: Temple of Olympian Zeus, Arch of Hadrian

Temple of Olympian Zeus, Arch of Hadrian
Modern Athens built from the ruins of ancient Athens, 1800. View from the south-east showing the Temple of Olympian Zeus and its three columns in the foreground, the Arch of Hadrian

Background imagePicture Collection: Asian palm civet, greater grison, and Sunda stink badger

Asian palm civet, greater grison, and Sunda stink badger
Asian palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus 1, greater grison, Galictis vittata 2, and Sunda stink badger, Mydaus javanensis 3

Background imagePicture Collection: San or Bushman musician playing a gorah or lesiba

San or Bushman musician playing a gorah or lesiba, a string-wind instrument. Copied from William John Burchells Travels in the Interior of South Africa

Background imagePicture Collection: American black bear and brown bear

American black bear and brown bear
American black bear, Ursus americanus 1, and brown bear, Ursus arctos 2. Copied from illustrations by Louis Chloris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A

Background imagePicture Collection: Diving bell with two divers on board

Diving bell with two divers on board, circa 1820. An improved version of Edmond Halleys diving bell, this hermetically sealed diving chamber was supplied by air through a copper pipe from

Background imagePicture Collection: Cowslip, Primula veris, and scarlet pimpernel

Cowslip, Primula veris, and scarlet pimpernel
Cowslip, Primula veris 1, and scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823

Background imagePicture Collection: Dugong and Amazonian manatee

Dugong and Amazonian manatee
Dugong, Dugong dugon, vulnerable 1 and Amazonian manatee, Trichechus inunguis, vulnerable 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Background imagePicture Collection: Natural history of cloud formations

Natural history of cloud formations
Natural history of clouds: cirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, nimbus, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Background imagePicture Collection: Javan leopard cat and banded linsang

Javan leopard cat and banded linsang
Javan leopard cat, Prionailurus bengalensis javanensis 1, and banded linsang, Prionodon linsang 2. Copied from illustrations by William Daniell in Zoological Researches in Java

Background imagePicture Collection: Interior and entrance to the Church of

Interior and entrance to the Church of
Interior (left) and entrance (right) to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Background imagePicture Collection: Gauchos butchering cattle at a slaughterhouse

Gauchos butchering cattle at a slaughterhouse
Native American gauchos lassoing and butchering cattle at one of the outdoor slaughterhouses in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch

Background imagePicture Collection: Native American gaucho on horseback using

Native American gaucho on horseback using bolas or boleadoras to hunt ostrich on the pampas in South America. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs

Background imagePicture Collection: Egyptian goat, doe and kid, Capra aegagrus hircus

Egyptian goat, doe and kid, Capra aegagrus hircus. Copied from St. Hilaire. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Background imagePicture Collection: Plan and entrance to the Labyrinth caves of Crete

Plan and entrance to the Labyrinth caves of Crete
Plan of the underground caves near Agioi-Deka, Gortyn, Crete, and entrance to the caves. Believed to be the site of the mythical Labyrinth by Charles Robert Cockerell

Background imagePicture Collection: Milan Cathedral, exterior and interior views

Milan Cathedral, exterior and interior views
Milan Cathedral or Duomo di Milano, exterior and interior views, circa 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Background imagePicture Collection: Comparison of mountain heights

Comparison of mountain heights including Dhaulagiri in the Himalayas, Chimborazo, Mont Blanc, Mount Etna, and the mountain towns of Chota (Micuipampa), Quito, and Cinchoma

Background imagePicture Collection: Buddhist Temple of Borobudur, Java, Indonesia

Buddhist Temple of Borobudur, Java, Indonesia, circa 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823

Background imagePicture Collection: Interior of the Abu Simbel rock temples, Nubia, Egypt

Interior of the Abu Simbel rock temples, Nubia, Egypt
Interior of the Abu Simbel rock temples to Pharaoh Ramesses II and his queen Nefertiti, Nubia, southern Egypt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs

Background imagePicture Collection: Abu Simbel rock temples in Nubia, southern Egypt

Abu Simbel rock temples in Nubia, southern Egypt
Abu Simbel rock temples to Pharaoh Ramesses II and his queen Nefertiti, Nubia, southern Egypt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Background imagePicture Collection: British Raj hunters shooting tigers in India

British Raj hunters shooting tigers in India
British colonial hunters mounted on elephants with Indian guides chasing and shooting at a tiger in a river in India. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz from Friedrich Johann

Background imagePicture Collection: Views of the town and port of Essaouira (Mogadore)

Views of the town and port of Essaouira (Mogadore) 1, and Morocco city 2, Morocco, North Africa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Background imagePicture Collection: Peacock worm, Sabella pavonina, and feather

Peacock worm, Sabella pavonina, and feather duster worm, Bispira volutacornis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Background imagePicture Collection: Cashmere goats and sheep

Cashmere goats and sheep. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823

Background imagePicture Collection: Puente Nuevo bridge over the Guadalevin river

Puente Nuevo bridge over the Guadalevin river at Ronda, Spain. Built by architect Jose Martin de Aldehuela. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Hessen from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur

Background imagePicture Collection: Drooping she-oak, Allocasuarina verticillata

Drooping she-oak, Allocasuarina verticillata
Drooping she-oak or drooping sheoak, Allocasuarina verticillata (Casuarina quadrivalvis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Background imagePicture Collection: Exotic seaweeds

Exotic seaweeds
Delesseria sanguinea, Claudea elegans, Padina pavonica, and Porphyra purpurea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Background imagePicture Collection: An Sgurr or the Notch, Isle of Eigg, Hebrides

An Sgurr or the Notch, Isle of Eigg, Hebrides
An Sgurr or the Notch, pitchstone mountain on the Isle of Eigg, Hebrides, Scotland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Hessen from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Background imagePicture Collection: Balsam apple, Clusia rosea

Balsam apple, Clusia rosea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823



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