Poison Collection

The Burial of Atala by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767-1824). Atala is an early novella by Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand, first published in 1801

Labour Party election posters and television speakers
Labour Party election posters and speakers for Labours series of five short television programmes in the run-up to the General Election of 8th October 1959 (which the Conservatives won)

Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine and Rosamund Clifford
Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of King Henry II, and Rosamund Clifford, the kings mistress, in Woodstock Park, Oxfordshire

Cauliflower coral mushroom, Ramaria botrytis, edible.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890

Egyptian Cobra
Egyptian or Brown Cobra

Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr

Snow morel, Gyromitra gigas, and hooded false morel, Helvella infula, edible.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890

Half-free morel, Morchella semi-libera, Mitrophora semilibera, edible.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890

Honey mushroom, Armillaria mellea, Agaricus melleus, edible.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890

Poison tanghin or ordeal tree, Tanghinia venenifera.. Illustration by Lady Frances Cole, engraved by Swan

Cover of Police Mag. 1933
Magazine cover showing a dangerous masked woman

Coral Snake
Latin name: Elaps Corallinus

Fools parsley, hemlock and northern water hemlock
Fools parsley, Aethusa cynapium 1, hemlock, Conium maculatum 2, and northern water hemlock, Cicuta virosa 3

Curare, Chondrodendron tomentosum
Curare, Parreira brava or abutua, Chondrodendron tomentosum

False chanterelle, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, dubious.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890

Matron Instructs Nurse
A Matron (distinguished by her head gear) explains a piece of equipment to a nurse. Note the bottle of poison on the left

Victorian Wallpaper - in popular emerald green - which contained poisonous arsenic

Mehmed II (1432-1481). Ottoman sultan. His soul is seized by the devil. His two sons, Bajazet and Cem, in front of the deathbed. Engraving after Description du siege de la ville de Rhodes, 1496

Alcohol in Poison temperance message, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Warrior of the African kingdom of Djebel or Giabea. He carries a targe or round shield and a poisoned lance or assegai. Costume de Djebel, Royaume d'Afrique

The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, guides a quack doctor to his death, 18th century. The apothecary stands in a shop decorated with a crocodile, scales and bottles of drugs, medicines and poisons

Skeleton of Death in a quack doctor's apothecary shop, wearing an apron mixing poison in a mortar and pestle. The workshop decorated with jars, phials, sieve, surgical saw and syringe

Species of pufferfish, porcupinefish and burrfish
White spotted puffer, Arothron hispidus 1, ocellated puffer, Takifugu ocellatus 2, Nile puffer, Tetraodon lineatus 3, oceanic puffer, Lagocephalus lagocephalus 4, spot-fin porcupinefish

Giant forest scorpion, wood scorpion, etc
Giant forest scorpion, Heterometrus indus 1, 2, unknown species 3 and wood scorpion, Euscorpius italicus 4, 5

Yew tree, Taxus baccata. The Yew Tree

17th century Dutch itinerant rat-catcher with tray and rat trap
17th century Dutch itinerant rat-catcher with tray of poison, trap on a long pole, poison, bag and dagger. From a series of beggars after Rembrandt, 1632

The skeleton of Death and the quack doctor. Death enters the room with bottle of medicine as the mountebank takes the pulse of a sick man in a chair with a footrest

Chrysame, Thessalian priestess and herbalist
Chrysame, Thessalian priestess of the goddess Enodia, famous for using poisonous herbs to defeat the Ionians at Erythrae, granting victory to Cnopus

Lily of the valley, Convallaria majalis
Lily of the valley, Le muguet de Mai, Convallaria majalis

Herb-paris, Paris quadrifolia
Herb-paris or true lover's knot, La parisette a quatre feuilles, Paris quadrifolia

Winter aconite, Eranthis hyemalis. L'hellebore d'hiver, Helleborus hyemalis

Mandrake, Mandragora officinarum. Le mandragore male, Atropa mandragora mas

White bryony, Bryonia alba
White bryony or wild hop, La brioine blanche, Bryonia alba

Creeping buttercup, Ranunculus repens
Creeping buttercup or crowfoot, La renoncle rampante, Ranunculus repens

Cypress spurge, Euphorbia cyparissias
Cypress spurge, Le tithimale cyparisse, Euphorbia cyparissias

Dog's mercury, Mercurialis perennis
Dog's mercury, La mercuriale vivace male, Mercurialis perennis

European birthwort, Aristolochia clematitis. Aristoloche clematite

Poison hemlock, Conium maculatum. La cigue majeure

Dalmatian laburnum, Petteria ramentacea (Cytisus weldenii, named for General Baron Ludwig van Welden)

Mexican marigold, Tagetes lucida. Sweet Chili Marygold. Native of Chile, South America, in the Hammersmith Nursery of Lee and Kennedy

Saint John the Evangelist, circa 1608-1614, by El Greco
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (1541-1614). Spanish painter born in Crete. Saint John the Evangelist, circa 1608-1614. Oil on canvas. El Greco Museum. Toledo, Spain

Deadly nightshade and black nightshade
Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna, and black nightshade, Solanum nigrum (Solanum hortense)

Painted coral snake, Micrurus corallinus, native to Brazil. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1848

Sago palm or Japanese sago palm, Cycas revoluta
Sago palm, king sago, sago cycad or Japanese sago palm, Cycas revoluta, Cycas. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lagesse after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Blood lily, Scadoxus multiflorus (Haemanthus multiflorus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1818

May apple, mandrake or wild lemon, Podophyllum peltatum

Japanese star anise or shikimi, Illicium anisatum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

HMS Stalker, a Mk. III LST
HMS Stalker, a Mark III LST (Landing Ship, Tank), previously known as LST 3515, seen at the Pounds of Portsmouth scrapyard circa 2006

Tecton Bomb Shelter Design 7, 600 People
An architectural design showing a sectional view of a bomb shelter that can contain 7, 600 people, numbers indicate features including the entrance ramps, air-lock and first raid post

Effects of poison gas on the Western Front, WW1
Gassed, drawn from nature no. 1 pencil study by John Singer Sargent Date: 1914-1918

Socrates (c 469399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosophe
Socrates (c.469-399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Socrates in prison before being sentenced to death. Colored engraving

False death cap, Amanita citrina, Agaricus mappa, poisonous.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leuba's Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890

Spanish Civil War No Enveneneis A La Infancia
spanish, civil, war, no, enveneneis, a, la, infancia, don't, poison, children, propaganda, poster, from, the, republican, side, federacion, iberica, de, juventudes, libertarias, iberian

Ann Spranger Barry as Sophonisba
ANN SPRANGER BARRY (1734 - 1801) the actress as Sophonisba in James Thomson's play of that name : she has just drunk (intentionally) a cup of poison and will shortly die, picturesquely. Date: 1778

AMERICAN TOBACCO GROWER
An American tobacco grower sits leaning on a barrel of the tobacco which will be sent away to poison the lives of millions of wretched victims doomed to a miserable death Date: 1871

BOADICEA (SINGLETON)
QUEEN OF THE ICENI, After defeat by Romans (led by Suetonius). She later takes poison and dies. Date: ? - 62

Agaricus Muscaricus mushrooms (poisonous). Date: 19th century

Comic postcard, Little boy and barman Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two men drinking in a pub. You don t pay for drinks in this pub, you just sign the poison book! Date: 20th century

Italian maple, Acer opalus, Ital. L Erable opale

Asian blue forest scorpion and Italian scorpion
Asian blue forest scorpion, Heterometrus cyaneus (Buthus reticulatus) 1 and Italian scorpion, Euscorpius italicus (Scorpio italicus) 2

Shaggy gastrolobe or crinkle-leaved poison, Gastrolobium villosum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G

Red hempnettle, Galeopsis ladanum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Common or garden nightshade, Solanum nigrum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1799

Sheathed woodtuft and rooting poison pie
Sheathed woodtuft, Kuehneromyces mutabilis (Pholiota mutabilis) and rooting poison pie, Hebeloma radicosum (Pholiota radicosa). Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Emperor scorpion, Pandinus imperator (Buthus afer), native to Africa

Pinktoe tarantula and trapdoor spider nest
Pinktoe tarantula, Avicularia avicularia (Mygale avicularia), and nest of a trapdoor spider, Mygale coementaria

Cascabel rattlesnake and desert horned viper
Cascabel rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus, and desert horned viper, Cerastes cerastes (Cerastes cornutus)

Hemlock, Conium maculatum. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835. James Main (1775-1846) was a Scottish gardener, botanist and writer

Monkshood or Aconitum species
Various-leaved monkshood, Aconitum heterophyllum, yellow monkshood, A. anthora, pale yellow monkshood, A. ochroleucum, Carpathian purple wolfsbane, panicled monkshood, A. paniculatum, A

Poison gooseberry, Withania somnifera, and bladder cherry, Physalis alkekengi. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Strophanthus gratus (Roupellia grata). Woodcut by A. E. Smith after an illustration by Gardchron from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1888

Poison arrow plant, Acokanthera oppositifolia (Toxicophlaea thunbergii). Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1885

Monks hood or wolfsbane, Aconitum napellus

Japanese star anise, Illicium anisatum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Mupta or mptah, Acokanthera schimperi (Acocanthera abyssinica)

Curare, Strychnos toxifera. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Monkshood or Indian aconite, Aconitum ferox. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna

Strophanthus hispidus. Chromolithograph by E. Gunther after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Fine-leafed water dropwort, Oenanthe aquatica (Oenanthe phellandrium)

Purple foxglove or ladys glove, Digitalis purpurea, Digitale pourpree. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Indian berry, fish berry or Levant nut, Anamirta cocculus, Coque du Levant. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Porcini mushroom, Boletus edulis, and lurid
Penny bun or porcini mushroom, Boletus edulis, and the lurid bolete, Suillellus luridus, Boletus perniciosus

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