Sandra Knapp Collection

Quercus tinctoria, black oak

Magnolia auriculata, big-leaf magnolia
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Citrus bergamia, bergamot orange
Citrus aurantium var. bergamia (Family Rutaceae). A variety of orange, known as the bergamot orange, from which a perfume is obtained

Bird from decorative ceiling panels
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing a bird painted in gold

Octopus ceiling panel
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing a black and white painting of an octopus

Detail of Natural History Museum ceiling
Vines and the letters VR (Victoria Regina) decorate the ceilings of the side galleries in the Natural History Museums Waterhouse Building

Snail ceiling panel
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing a black and white painting of a snail

Decorative border from ceiling panel
A photograph of one of the decorative borders from the ceiling panels on the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall

Decorative border from ceiling panels
A photograph of one of the decorative borders of a ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall

The Natural History Museums Central Hall
The structure and decoration of Waterhouses Museum beautifully complement each other. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened on Easter Monday 1881

Hirundo sp. swallow
A photograph of one of the many animals deaturing in the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall

Bird from decorative ceiling panel
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing a bird painted in gold

Magnolia denudata, yulan magnolia
Illustration in the Reeves Collection, c. 1820s, watercolour with bodycolour on paper. Also used in Potted Histories (2003) by Sandra Knapp (page 134)

Detail of terracotta moulding of a monkey
Part of the intricate interior architecture found in the Natural History Museums Waterhouse building, designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905)

Bordered ceiling panel
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. This panel is blank save for a patterned boarder surrounding it

Detail of decorative ceiling panel
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse and first opened on Easter Monday 1881

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