Plate Collection (#77)

Fruit Illustration
Plate IX from Pomona Franconica Vol 1 (1776) by Johann Mayer. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled L Imperiale panache and La Dame

Annuals and biannual plants

Calotis lappulacea, bur daisy
Plate 60 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Olea fragrans, sweet olive
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Cannabis sativa, marijuana
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Serpentes (suborder), snake
Watercolour 39 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Toad illustration
Top left figure of plate 26 from Ranarum (1758) by Roesel von Rosenhof

Sciurus vulgaris, red squirrel
Red squirrel skins. Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Sorex araneus, Eurasian shrew

Salamanders
Plate 8 from 298 water-colour drawings of insects and larvae (1622) by C. Flegel

Pycnodus zeaformis Longbottom, fish tooth plate
Corn-on-the-cob fish tooth plate from a paratype specimen dating from the Lower or Middle Eocene phosphates; Tamagu?lelt, Gao region, Mali

Barbacenia, Quelusia, Lafoensia
Autograph letter to Sir J. Banks, consisting of descriptions, with water colour drawings of genera of Plants collected in Minas Geraes, Brazil Vandelli, Domenico, 1732-1816

Directions for Nature Printing First Leaf. From the Botany Plate Collection

Rubus corylifolia, blackberry
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Cassia Lanceolatat
Plate from Hipolyte Nectouxs Voyage dans la haute Egypte, au dessus des cataractes, avec des observations sur les diverses espcces de sene qui sont repandues dans le commerce. Paris, Garnery 1808

Casuarina equisetifolia, beach sheoak
Copper plate of Casuarina equisetifolia, beach sheoak from the original drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Aleurites moluccana, candlenut tree
Copper plate of Aleurites moluccana, candlenut tree from the original drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Calceolaria fothergillii, William Aiton, 1789
Calceolaria fothergillii taken from Hortus Kewensis or A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew by William Aiton gardner of his majesty

Cinachum Oleaefolium
Plate from Hipolyte Nectouxs Voyage dans la haute Egypte, au dessus des cataractes, avec des observations sur les diverses espcces de sene qui sont repandues dans le commerce. Paris, Garnery 1808

Title plate from Neues Blumenbuch by Maria Sibylla Merian
Title plate from Neues Blumenbuch (New Book of Flowers) by Maria Sibylla Merian, published in 1680

Coccoliths magnified a thousand times
An illustration of Coccoliths magnified a thousand times. Coccoliths are micro-fossils and feature heavily in the composition of chalk

The New Zealand Warriors. Plate 17 from A journal of a voyage to the South Seas 1773 by Sydney Parkinson

Stylemys nebrascensis, tortoise carapace
Depicted here is the carapace or shell of the Oligocene tortoise (Stylemys nebrascensis). Specimen originates from Western U.S.A

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)

Tulipa keizerskroon, single early tulip

Tulipa sp. tulip
Plate 70 from Album van Eeden by A C Van Eeden (1872-1881). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Sea-serpent attacking a vessel
Fig 67 from Mythical Monsters, 1886 by Charles Gould

Dioscorea villosa, wild yam
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Hunting at Meritsane (Plate 51 / 52)
An illustration by Captain (later Sir) William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled though South Africa

Title page from Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771
Title page from Illustrations of the Botany of New Zealand during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Commissioned by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Solander

Helichrysum obconicum
Copper plate by Gabriel Smith from the original drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Asplenium monanthes, single-sorus spleenwort
Copper plate by Daniel Mackenzie from the original drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Subduction zone
An illustration of a subduction zone at work beneath the South American continent. Fig 20 from The Story of the Earth 1977, London

Oceanic subduction zone with island arc
This diagram shows a destructive plate margin, an oceanic subduction zone accompanied by a volcanic island arc

Spinning. Plate Article 2 bis for the article
" Spinning. Plate Article 2 bis for the article " Fil et laine" of the Encyclopedia, " Dictionnaire Raisonn頤 es Sciences des Arts et M鴩 ers" or "

Maker of scales. Plate 4 for article Balancier
" Maker of scales. Plate 4 for article " Balancier" of the Encyclopedia, " Dictionnaire Raisonn頤 es Sciences des Arts et M鴩 ers" or " Encyclopedie"

HEDA, Willem Claesz (1594-1680). Still Life of Ham and Silver Plate. 1649. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. Moscow. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

Theodosius I (347 - 395). Silver. Missorium of Theodosius I. 388. Roman art. Late Empire. Jewelry. SPAIN. Madrid. Royal Academy of History

Factory of spurs. Plate 2 for article Eperonnier
" Factory of spurs. Plate 2 for article " Eperonnier" of the Encyclopedia, " Dictionnaire Raisonn頤 es Sciences des Arts et M鴩 ers" or " Encyclopedie"

Bakery. Plate of the of the Encyclopedia, Dictionnaire
" Bakery. Plate of the of the Encyclopedia, " Dictionnaire Raisonn頤 es Sciences des Arts et M鴩 ers" or " Encyclopedie". Directed by Diderot and d Alembert

Printing works. Plate of the of the Encyclopedia
" Printing works. Plate of the of the Encyclopedia, " Dictionnaire Raisonn頤 es Sciences des Arts et M鴩 ers" or " Encyclopedie"

Preparation of the Encyclopedia. Plate of the
" Preparation of the Encyclopedia. Plate of the " Dictionnaire Raisonn頤 es Sciences des Arts et M鴩 ers" or " Encyclopedie". Directed by Diderot and d Alembert

Typesetter in press. Detail of plate 1 for article
" Typesetter in press. Detail of plate 1 for article " Imprimerie in Lettres" of the Encyclopedia, " Dictionnaire Raisonn頤 es Sciences des Arts et M鴩 ers" or

Crowd of Courtiers. 18th century. Plate of porcelain. Japanese art. Decorative Arts; China / Porcelain. Proc: JAPAN. HONSHU. Kyoto

GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Pepe
" GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Pepe Hillo making the pass of the recorte. 1816. Plate 29 of " The Art of Bullfighting". Etching. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library."

GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Proverbs
" GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Proverbs. Female riddle. 1815-1824. Plate 1 of " Proverbs". Romanticism. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. Lạ ro Galdiano Foundation."

IRELAND. LEINSTER. MEATH. Newgrange. Central Chamber of the Megalithic Passage Tomb. Stone plate for offerings. Neolithic art

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