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Tawny Collection

Background imageTawny Collection: Tawny Owl

Tawny Owl
A Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) perched on a branch. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageTawny Collection: Cold pale light through the trees with Tawny Owl

Cold pale light through the trees with Tawny Owl
Pale light pierces a blue and green woodland scene of thin, bare tree trunks. A swooping Tawny Owl has been added to the border framing the scene. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageTawny Collection: Tawny Owl

Tawny Owl Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTawny Collection: Selection of Player's Tobacco and Cigar Packets

Selection of Player's Tobacco and Cigar Packets
A selection of Player's Tobacco and Cigar Packets, Packaging and Tins Date: 20th century

Background imageTawny Collection: Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria

Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria, male 1, female 2. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania

Background imageTawny Collection: Tawny prominent moth, Harpyia milhauseri

Tawny prominent moth, Harpyia milhauseri. Phalaena bombyx milhauseri. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in

Background imageTawny Collection: Lobster moth, Stauropus fagi

Lobster moth, Stauropus fagi. Phalaena fagi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Background imageTawny Collection: Tawny funnel cap and aniseed toadstool

Tawny funnel cap and aniseed toadstool
Tawny funnel cap, Lepista flaccida (Clitocybe inversa, Clitocybe infundibiliformis) and aniseed toadstool, Clitocybe odora. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Background imageTawny Collection: Tawny grisette and grisette mushroom

Tawny grisette and grisette mushroom
Tawny grisette mushroom, Amanita fulva and grisette mushroom, Aminata vaginata var. plumbea. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Background imageTawny Collection: Australian owlet nightjar or tawny frogmouth?

Australian owlet nightjar or tawny frogmouth?
Australian owlet nightjar, Aegotheles cristatus or tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides? (Banded goatsucker, Caprimulgus vittatus)

Background imageTawny Collection: Plain tawny rajah butterfly on a camellia flower

Plain tawny rajah butterfly on a camellia flower
Plain tawny rajah butterfly, Charaxes psaphon (Nymphalis bernardus) on a camellia. Copied from Edward Donovans An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China, 1800

Background imageTawny Collection: Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus

Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus. (Tawny vulture, Falco ambustus.) From a specimen held by the Royal Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from New Illustrations of Zoology, B

Background imageTawny Collection: Clinanthus fulvus

Clinanthus fulvus (Tawny coburgia, Coburgia fulva). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by William Herbert from Sydenham Edwards Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London

Background imageTawny Collection: Tawny day-lily, Hemerocallis fulva

Tawny day-lily, Hemerocallis fulva. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787

Background imageTawny Collection: Tawny prominent, Harpyia milhauseri, and seven-spot

Tawny prominent, Harpyia milhauseri, and seven-spot
Tawny prominent, Harpyia milhauseri, seven-spot ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata and fruit flies on a hazel tree, Corylus avellana

Background imageTawny Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 543

Curtis British Entomology Plate 543
Lepidoptera: Batia lunaris (Lesser Tawny Crescent) [Plant: Kickxia elatine (Antirrhinum elatine, Sharp-pointed Toadflax)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageTawny Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 203

Curtis British Entomology Plate 203
Coleoptera: Aepus fulvescens = Aepus marinus (Tawny Aepus) [Plant: Lobelia dortmanna (Water Gladiole)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageTawny Collection: Tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides, and European

Tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides, and European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology

Background imageTawny Collection: Eurasian eagle-owl, Bubo bubo, and tawny owl, Strix aluco

Eurasian eagle-owl, Bubo bubo, and tawny owl, Strix aluco.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France

Background imageTawny Collection: Tawny owl, Strix stridula, Brown owl, Strix aluco

Tawny owl, Strix stridula, Brown owl, Strix aluco.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Background imageTawny Collection: Tawny coburgia, Coburgia fulva or Clinanthus fulvus

Tawny coburgia, Coburgia fulva or Clinanthus fulvus.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine

Background imageTawny Collection: Charaxes bernardus, tawny rajah

Charaxes bernardus, tawny rajah
An illustrative plate from Insects of China by E. Donovan depicting tawny rajah butterflies

Background imageTawny Collection: Podargus strigoides, tawny frogmouth

Podargus strigoides, tawny frogmouth
Watercolour 296 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Great-headed Goatsucker

Background imageTawny Collection: Hemerocallis Fulva

Hemerocallis Fulva
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