Specimen Collection (page 2)

North or inside view of Traitors Gate, Tower of London
North or inside view of Traitors Gate, principal entrance to the Tower of London from the River Thames.Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of

Tudor houses on the corner of Chancery Lane, Fleet Street, 1789. External specimen of the Grotesque Bracketed Front and Projecting Stories of the reign of Edward VI. Demolished 1799

Corner kick from goal shooting machine
A specimen corner kick from a goal shooting machine invented by Mr Parkes, Notts County manager and Mr Richardson of Hinckley Date: 1946

Camarhynchus psittacula, large tree finch
A specimen pair of large tree finches (Camarhynchus psittacula) collected in the Galapagos Islands

Geospiza magnirostris, large ground finch
A specimen pair of large ground finches (Geospiza magnirostris) collected in the Galapagos Islands

Geospiza conirostris, large cactus finch
A specimen pair of large cactus finches (Geospiza conirostris) collected in the Galapagos Islands

Hunterian Museum Royal College Surgeons Iln Import
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A specimen of ancient building, King Street, London
A specimen of ancient building. Old timber-frame houses situated on the west side of King Street, Westminster. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of

Old Stuart houses at the south corner of Hosier
Old Stuart houses from the reign of King James I at the south corner of Hosier Lane, Smithfield, 1795. External specimen of the Plain Gable Style. Demolished 1809

Room on the first floor of Sir Paul Pindar s
Room on the first floor of Sir Paul Pindars house, Bishopsgate Street, 1810. Wood panel walls, stone chimney piece and plaster ceiling and cornices

A magnificent Tudor mansion standing on Hart
A magnificent Tudor mansion lately standing on Hart Street, Crutched Friars, 1792. External specimen of the Armorial Style with carved oak decoration, 16th century, reign of Henry VIII

Brown-headed barbet, Megalaima zeylanica? (Buff-faced barbet, Bucco lathami). From a specimen labeled Megalaima lathami in the British Museum

South American fur seal, Arctocephalus australis (Fur seal, Otaria falklandica). From a specimen in the Royal Edinburgh Museum. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Panther of the Ancients? (Panthera pardus) Drawn by Charles Hamilton Smith from a specimen in Hesse Cassel museum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Landseer from Edward Griffiths The

Scientists in a lab examining specimens in jars, through a microscope, with bloated animal and bird corpses on the floor. Copperplate engraving by Daniel Chodowiecki, Berlin, 1787

Curtis British Entomology Plate 424
Lepidoptera: *Psodos equestrata (Gold Four-spot Moth. Specimen ?from Mr. Plastead?s cabinet? - not British? Cf. the montane mainland-European P)

Curtis British Entomology Plate 336
Lepidoptera: Arcturus sparshalli = Trichioceras sparshalli (Arctiidae: Long-tailed Bombyx). Not British ? specimen from Mr. Sparshall [Plant: Brassica rapa ssp

Curtis British Entomology Plate 188
Coleoptera: *Zabrus obesus (Devon Zabrus): cf. Z. tenebrioides, but Curtis?s specimen seems to have been non-British. [Plant: Geranium pyrenaicum (Mountain Crane?s-bill)] Date: 1824-39

Seaside Specimens: The Saucy Shrimp
1904

Megalomys desmarestii, antillean giant rice rat. Catalogue number NHM 1850.11.30.6

Oligoryzomys victus, St. Vincent pygmy rice rat (holotype). Catalogue reference NHM 1897.12.26.1)

Tibia of Achondroplastic Dwarf
Bones of Achondroplastic Dwarf. From the tomb of King Mersekha around the fourth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt

Pleuroploca trapezium, trapezium horse conch
A pair of trapezium horse conch (Pleuroploca trapezium). This marine gastropod originates from the Indo-Pacific

Plate 51 from Mineralogie
Or natif en dendriet sur du quartz de Mr. Forster. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.6 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 16d from Specimens of British minerals? vol. 2 (1802) b
A painting by Mrs J. Gould from Specimens of British minerals, selected from the cabinet of P. Rashleigh, of Menabilly, in the County of Cornwall vol. 2 (1802) by Philip Rashleigh

BUTTERFLY CATCHING
Young naturalists examine a new specimen. Date: circa 1920

Old gateway at Stepney
Traditionally called King Johns Gate, it is reputed to be the oldest House in Stepney and a good specimen of variegated brickwork

Pavement
A specimen of pavement found in Threadneedle Street in 1841. Date: 19th century

Hairy Anglerfish, Caulophryne pelagica
Bizarre species of deep-sea fish caught near the Cape Verde Islands. This particular specimen ate a very large meal, giving it an enormous stomach

Specimen labels for Herald petrel Pterodroma, arminjoniana a
Specimen labels for herald petrel collected by Robert Falcon Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition

Anarhichas lupus, wolf eel
The skull of a wolf eel (Anarhichas lupus) whose teeth are specially adapted for crushing and eating spiny sea urchins. The wolf eel is native to British waters

Carabus intricatus, blue ground beetle

Pipistrellus sturdeei, Sturdees pipistrelle
A rare specimen of a Bonin pipistrelle, a slightly immature female, preserved in spirit and held by the Natural History Museum

Limoniscus violaceus, violet click

Euchroma gigantea, giant jewel beetle
A specimen of a giant jewel beetle a member of the family (Buprestidae) from South America, from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Lunar meteorite
Da La Gani 400, a lunar meteorite found in the Sahara Desert

Prosopocoilus confucius (Hope), stag beetle
Detail of a stag beetle (Prosopocoilus confucius) native to N. India, China and southeast towards Vietnam

Mucrospirifer, a fossil brachiopod

Himantolophus groenlandicus, football fish
A female specimen of the football fish (Himantolophus groenlandicus) which is on display in the Natural History Museums Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles Gallery (number 12)

Aphodius niger, Beaulieu dung beetle
A mounted specimen of a Beaulieu dung beetle (Aphodius niger) this beetle has only ever been found in the New Forest, Hampshire

Splendour beetle
Close-up of splendour beetle with legs outstretched. Specimen held within the Entomology Department at the Natural History Museum, London

Tolypeutes tricinctus, Brazilian three-banded armadillo
Specimen from The Natural History Museum, London

Corundum variety ruby; crystal and gems
Crystal and gem specimens of ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide). Corundum has two varieties, the other being sapphire

Copris fallaciosus, Kenyan dung beetle
Dung beetle specimen from the family Scarabaeidae, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Callinectes sapidus, blue crab

Mellissius eudoxus, scarab beetle
A species of scarab beetle from St. Helena, from the Scarabaeidae family (Wollastons Rutelidae, Dynastidae)

Aplothorax burchelli, giant ground beetle
A specimen of a giant ground beetle (Aplothorax burchelli) from St. Helena, held in the entomology collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Max Barclay with Malthodes lobatus, whitehawk soldier beetle
This new beetle was discovered in Brighton, U.K in 2003 by Max Barclay an entomologist at the Natural History Museum, London

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