Toxic Collection

Poisonous Plants
Deadly Nightshade (Atropa Belladonna); Thorn Apple (Datura Stramonium); Henbane (Hyoscyamus Niger); Mezereon (Daphne Mezereum); Fools Parsley (Aethusa Cynapium);

Poisonous Plants
Water Hemlock (Cicuta Virosa); Conium Maculatum; Digitalis Purpurea; Cypress Spurge (Euphorbia Cyparissias); Pasque Flower (Anemone Pulsatilla); Autumn Crocus

Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Fools parsley, hemlock and northern water hemlock
Fools parsley, Aethusa cynapium 1, hemlock, Conium maculatum 2, and northern water hemlock, Cicuta virosa 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Victorian Wallpaper - in popular emerald green - which contained poisonous arsenic. William Morris, famed for his wallpaper designs

Death cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides, and fools mushroom, Amanita verna. Highly poisonous mushrooms. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Deadly nightshade and black nightshade
Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna, and black nightshade, Solanum nigrum (Solanum hortense). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Pipefish, trumpetfish, tropical fish and blowfish
Broadnosed pipefish, Syngnathus typhle 1, Syngnatus sphidion, trumpetfish, Aulostomus maculatus 2, snake pipefish, Entelurus aequoreus Sygnatus aequorens 3, tropical fish species 4, 5

Sago palm or Japanese sago palm, Cycas revoluta
Sago palm, king sago, sago cycad or Japanese sago palm, Cycas revoluta, Cycas. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lagesse after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Japanese star anise or shikimi, Illicium anisatum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Calabar bean or ordeal bean, Physostigma venenosum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Escallonia serrata. (Stereoxylon serratum, Escallonia di foglie dentate a sega.) Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Common death adder, Acanthopis antarcticus (Browns acanthopis, Acanthopis brownii). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

Asian blue forest scorpion and Italian scorpion
Asian blue forest scorpion, Heterometrus cyaneus (Buthus reticulatus) 1 and Italian scorpion, Euscorpius italicus (Scorpio italicus) 2

Common European viper or adder, Vipera berus (Pelias chersea). Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches

Desert horned viper, Cerastes cerastes (Gonyechis cerastes). Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches

Red hempnettle, Galeopsis ladanum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Common or garden nightshade, Solanum nigrum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1799

Cascabel rattlesnake and desert horned viper
Cascabel rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus, and desert horned viper, Cerastes cerastes (Cerastes cornutus). Handcolored engraving by Madame Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d

Hemlock, Conium maculatum. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835. James Main (1775-1846) was a Scottish gardener, botanist and writer

Monkshood or Aconitum species
Various-leaved monkshood, Aconitum heterophyllum, yellow monkshood, A. anthora, pale yellow monkshood, A. ochroleucum, Carpathian purple wolfsbane, panicled monkshood, A. paniculatum, A

Monks hood or wolfsbane, Aconitum napellus. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany

Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler

Purple foxglove or ladys glove, Digitalis purpurea, Digitale pourpree. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Indian berry, fish berry or Levant nut, Anamirta cocculus, Coque du Levant. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Fly agaric mushroom and imperial mushroom
Fly agaric mushroom, Amanita muscaria, imperial mushroom, Amanita aurantiaca. Amanites. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lagesse after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar

Eurasian baneberry or herb Christopher, Actaea spicata, Actee a epi. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Monk s-hood, aconite or wolfsbane, Aconitum napellus, Aconit napel. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Manchineel tree, Hippomane mancinella
Manchineel or manchioneel tree, Hippomane mancinella, Mancenillier. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Lice-bane or stavesacre, Delphinium staphisagria (Delphinium staphysagria). Handcoloured lithograph by Charlotte Caroline Sowerby from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Strychnine tree or poison nut, Strychnos nux-vomica. Handcoloured lithograph by A.M. Traice from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Common hemlock, Conium maculatum. Handcoloured lithograph by Henry Sowerby after an illustration by M. D. from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

The sickener, Russula emetica
The sickener, emetic russula or vomiting russula, Russula emetica. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms

Fools mushroom, Amanita verna
Deadly amanita, fools mushroom, destroying angel or the mushroom fool, Amanita verna (Amanita vernus). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our

Spring meadow saffron, Colchicum bulbocodium (Bulbocodium vernum). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Wolfs bane, Aconitum moldavicum (Aconitum septentrionale var. carpaticum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1821

Desert rose, Adenium obesum (Honghel bush, Adenium honghel). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register

Fly-trap dogbane, Apocynum androsaemifolium
Fly-trap dogbane, tutsan-leaved or fly-catching dogsbane, Apocynum androsaemifolium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1794

Cursed buttercup and mezereon
Cursed buttercup, Ranunculus sceleratus 1, and mezereon, Daphne mezereum 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Indian cobra and black snake
Indian cobra, Naja naja 1, and black snake, Anguis niger (Pantherophis obsoletus?) 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Monkshood and datura
Monkshood, Aconitum napellus 1, jimson weed or datura, Datura stramonium 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Fly agaric, Amanita muscaria (Agaricus muscarius). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Monks hood, Aconitum napellus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Jimsonweed or Devils snare, Datura stramonium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Strychnine tree, Strychnos nux-vomica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Savin juniper, Juniperus sabina. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Poison ivy, Toxicodendron radicans, and poison sumac, Rhus vernix.. Poison ivy, Toxicodendron radicans 1, and poison sumac, Rhus vernix 2

Chinese gas mask
A Chinese man wearing a gas mask during the Sino-Japanese War. Toxic gas was used frequently by Japanese forces during the war. Date: 1940

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