Sloane Collection (page 2)

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

Pressed insects, mounted by botanist Leonard Plukenet (1642
Pressed by Leonard Plukenet in around 1690

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

Pressed Auricula specimens
Specimens from the herbarium of Mary Somerset (the Duchess of Beaufort). Pressed by the Duchess herself (1630 - 1714)

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

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

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

Duchess of Beauforts Hortus Siccus, vol. I, HS 131, fol. 8 (SloanernHerbarium)

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

LCC-LFB Major church fire, Lower Sloane Street, SW1
Turntable ladders from Lambeth fire station (D61) assisting in the damping down following a fire that gutted a church building in Lower Sloane Street and destroyed it contents

A street riot on Giltspur Street, London
Crowds attack the carriage in which Mr Sloane is riding as he travels to court, accused of horrendous cruelty to a servant girl

Bibesco Hut, YMCA - Sloane Square
Bibesco Hut, Sloane Square, London. Used to house the Y.M.C.A

Gent in Sloane Sq. Pub
A well-dressed old businessman in a suit having a pint at the Sloane Square underground station pub. The barmaid holds the pub cat in her arms

West End Shoe Shop
The London Shoe Company of Sloane Street, London; ladies take time to try on shoes in comfort

Sloane Square / 1905
Sloane Square, Chelsea

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