Sir Hans Sloane Collection

Cordia sebestena, geiger tree
Engraving from Natural History of Jamaica Tab 164 by Sir Hans Sloane. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Bird illustration
Tab 264 From Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

Chauliodus sloani, viperfish
A specimen of the viperfish (Chauliodus sloani). This is the first specimen to be examined by a naturalist and the only remaining spirit preserved fish from the Sloane collection

Hans Sloanes nautilus shell
Sir Hans Sloane is perhaps the most important collector ever. His huge collection forms the core of both the British Museum and the Natural History Museum

Botanical engravings
Engraving from Natural History of Jamaica Tab 166 by Sir Hans Sloane. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Shell and insect illustration
Table 240 From Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

Beetle illustration
Table 237 of A Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

Hans Sloane Vol. 211 page 29
Viola violacea Makino, Oxalis corniculata and Trachelospermum asiaticum Nakai. Specimens taken from Hans Sloane Vol.211 page 29

Butterfly illustration
Table 239 From Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

Sir Hans Sloane (actor)
An actor in the Natural History Museum playing the part of Sir Hans Sloane, the 17th Century Naturalist

Theobroma cacao
Cocoa plant brought back from Jamaica in 1689 by Hans Sloane. Illustration by Everhardus Kickius. Specimen kept in the Botany Library

Drawer of botanical specimens from the Sir Hans Sloane collection. Held in the botany department at the Natural History Museum, London

Sir Hans Sloanes collection of shells
Plate 5 from Arhtur MacGregors Hans Sloane, 1994. Shell specimens showing Sir Hans Sloanes catalogue numbers

Various beetles and arachnids
Drawer of a selection of various entomological specimens from the Sloane Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Theobroma cacao, cacao tree
A specimen from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. The seeds of this plant - cocoa, are the source of chocolate

Chaptalia nutans, silverpuff
Chaptalia nutans specimen in the Sloane Herbarium taken from Jamaica

Sapphire turban button
A rose-cut facetted deep-blue sapphire mounted in a button of quartz, inlaid with gold, rubies & emeralds. No 198 in the collection of Sir Hans Sloane

Virginia Locus Tree
Plate 10 from Sir Hans Sloanes Hortus Siccus. Fol. 3. Vol. 180. Part of the botanical collection of the Natural History Museum, London

Guzmania lingulata, scarlet star

Carved carnelian bowl
Carnelian is a transluscent yellow to orange variety of chalcedony (micro-crystalline quartz). This bowl was once the property of Sir Hans Sloane

Illustrated pages
From Sloanes Natural History of Jamaica published in 1725. Volume 2

Lawson plant specimens
Part of the plant collection attributed to John Lawson, collected in Carolina in 1710. Specimens held in the Sloane Herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Sloanes trade card for milk chocolate
Sir Hans Sloanes (1660-1753) collection formed the basis of the collection now held at the Natural History Museum, London

Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753)
Portrait painting of Sir Hans Sloane, an eminent physician and naturalist who bequeathed his collections and library to the nation in 1753. Original held at the Natural History Museum, London

A Map of the Island of Jamaica

Beetles from Joseph Dandridges collection
Beetles, only some of which are from the Petiver Collection, shown with Sloanes catalogue numbers

Acrocomia spinosa, macca fat palm
Illustration depicting the leaf of a macca fat palm from the verso on page 53, volume 7 of the Hans Sloane collection. Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Buceros rhinoceros, rhinoceros hornbill skull
Back view of a skull of the rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros), from the Sloane collection

Arera catechu, figure from Descriptiones Fruticum et Arborum
This volume, by Georg Joseph Camel, was held in the library of Sir Hans Sloane

Gossypium arboreum, tree cotton
Duchess of Beauforts Hortus Siccus, 133: 67 (Sloane Herbarium)

Note from Descriptiones Fruticum et Arborum Luzonis
This volume, by Georg Jospeh Camel, was held in the library of Sir Hans Sloane

Figure from Descriptiones Fruticum et Arborum Luzonis by Geo
This volume, by Georg Joseph Camel, was held in the library of Sir Hans Sloane

Leaf fragments, figure from Descriptiones Fruticum et Arboru
This volume, by Georg Joseph Camel, was held in the library of Sir Hans Sloane

Nautilus sp. nautilus shell
A carved nautilus shell, c. 1600 from the Sir Hans Sloane collection

Sloanes specimens
Sloanes Vegetable and Vegetable Substances. An assortment of 12, 523 fruits, seeds, pots of aromatic gums and other items of plant origin, are kept in little boxes at the Natural History Museum

Frontispiece of Sir Hans Sloanes voyage of Jamaica
Account of the natural history of Jamaica and its neighbouring islands by Sir Hans Sloane. Published London 1707

Map of Western Ocean
Map of the Western Ocean taken from Voyage to Jamaica (1707-25) by Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753)

Theobroma cacao, chocolate
Collected by Sir Hans Sloane in Jamaica. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Pharmacopoea drawer
A pharmacopea drawer dating back to before 1753 from the Sir Hans Sloane collection. A drawer containing the different ingredients for the preparation or mixing of medicines

Asbestos purse
Benjamin Franklins Asbestos purse. A crudely plaited purse made from tremolite asbestos. From the Hans Sloane collection. Asbestos is formed of microscopically fibrous crystals

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