Tropical Collection (page 8)

Steindachnerina binotata (Double-marked salmon carp, Prochilodus binotatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of

Banded schizodon or boga lisa, Schizodon fasciatus. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of Guiana

Cuviers pike-characin, Boulengerella cuvieri (Ocellated xiphostoma, Xiphostoma ocellatum). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Tetragonopterus chalceus (Schomburgks tetragonopterus, Tetragonopterus schomburgkii). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Hemiodus unimaculatus (Black-marked anodus, Anodus notatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of Guiana

Pink-tailed chalceus, Chalceus macrolepidotus. (Large-scaled chalceus.) Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of Guiana

Tropical fruits, fruits de serre chaude ou temperee. Guava, Psidium guajava 1, passionfruit, Passiflora caerulea 2, pineapple, Ananas comosus 3, pomegranate, Puncia granatum 4 and prickly pear

Alocasia zebrina. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe, Ghent, Belgium

Areca palm, pineapple and jackfruit
Areca palm tree, Dypsis lutescens 1, pineapple, Ananas comosus 3, and jackfruit, Artocarpus heterophyllus 4. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Mustard plant with cochineal beetles, water
Mustard plant with cochineal beetles, jackfruit tree, water buffalo and orangutan. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Damselfly, carpenter bee and potter wasp
Helicopter damselfly, Mecistogaster lucretia 1, tropical carpenter bee, Xylocopa latipes 2, and potter wasp, Synagris cornuta, male 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Tropical two-wing flyingfish or common flying fish, Exocoetus volitans. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C

South American papaya, Carica monoica or Vasconcellea monoica (Small citron-fruited papaw or papaya, Carica citriformis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter

Flyingfish varieties
Flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans 1, bandwing flyingfish, Cheilopogon exsiliens 2, tropical two-wing flyingfish, Exocoetus volitans 3, and African sailfin flyingfish, Parexocoetus mento 4

Coconut tree, Cocos nucifera. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse, (Handbook of all medical-pharmaceutical plants)

El Cordova Hotel and Apartments, Coronado, California, USA. Date: 1942

Advert, R Rogerson & Co, Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland
Advert, R Rogerson & Co, Mount Street, Glasgow, Scotland, makers of Tropical Houses and Bungalows. Showing an example supplied to the Colonial Government for Southern Nigeria. 1905

Unloading bananas from steamship 1891
Fruit steamships were solely used for tropical fruits, such as bananas, cocoa-nuts, oranges, pineapples and other fruits. 1891

Violet Plantain Eaters - by Sir H H Johnston
Violet Plantain Eaters - African Birds - by Sir H H Johnston

Poster, Spend your Holidays in Jamaica, loveliest and most romantic tropical isle. early 20th century

Interior of the Great Palm-House at Royal Gardens. Date: 1848

Asclepias curassavica, Tropical milkweed - London, Natural History Museum, Botany Library, Bauer Unit, Unfinished Drawings of plants by Francis Bauer 2: No. 121

Fishing in Hawaii Date: 1950

Jamaican export of bananas 1901
Revival of trade with Jamaica, shipping bananas. As the bananas were brought on board, one of the ships hands seated beside the gangway

Jamaican export of bananas 1890s
Loading unripe bananas on a ship for there long journey. Date: circa 1890s

TRAVEL DRESSES 1931
Two elegant dresses suitable for travel. One has a bodice of broderie a langlaise, the other uses a striped fabric to great effect. Date: March 1931

EXTINCT / BEFORE MAN
Creatures of the primitive world - land, sea and air

Colourful spectators at Fiji rugby match
Spectators sit on a grassy bank, shading themselves beneath colourful umbrellas at a Fiji rugby match near Suva. Date: 1995

The Landing Quay - St. Helena, a volcanic tropical island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1930s

Cattleya trianae Lind var Memoria Lindeni hybrid orchid
Cattleya trianae Lind. var. Memoria Lindeni hybrid orchid.. Illustration drawn by C. de Bruyne and chromolithographed by P

Red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra, and king bird-of-paradise, Cicinnurus regius.. Chromolithograph by unknown artist/engraver from Mary and Elizabeth Kirbys Beautiful Birds in Far-Off Lands, T

Bottlenose dolphins - blowing air bubbles underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions. Complex play / creative behaviour

Bottlenose dolphin - blowing air bubble (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions. Complex play / creative behaviour

Bottlenose dolphins - pair dancing underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

Bottlenose DOLPHIN - two, facing, one on top of the other (tursiops truncatus)

Bottlenose DOLPHIN - blows bubbles from blow hole, facing camera (Tursiops truncatus). air bubbles rising. Complex play / creative behaviour

PHILIPPINE TARSIER - baby in tree (Tarsius syrichta). Bohol Island, Philippines

Design for Wallpaper with boats and trees. Pencil and Watercolour on copy paper. Silver Studio. 1933

Tsunami wave and tropical paradise - Evening
Inspired by Hokusai, this graphic picture by Malcolm Greensmith depicts a tropical island cast into sharp silouette by the low light of the evening sun as a menacing high set of waves (a tsunami)

A leopard resting on a rainforest branch
An adult leopard (Panthera pardus) resting on the substantial lower branch of a rainforest tree in sub-Saharan Africa. Painting by Maloclm Greensmith

QUININE
Quinine (Cinchona): an invaluable medicine in tropical countries; excellent at reducing fevers and used to control malaria

Strelitzia reginae, Bird-of-paradise - Coloured lithograph based on a watercolour by Franz Bauer (named Strelitzia depicta), t. 1, London, 1818. Date: 1818

British Colonial Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, West Indies
The British Colonial Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, West Indies, bought and renamed (from Colonial Hotel) in 1932 by Sir Harry Oakes. Date: circa 1940s

Triumphant variety of Cattleya trianae orchid.. Illustration drawn by C. de Bruyne and chromolithographed by P. de Pannemaeker from Lucien Lindens Lindenia, Iconography of Orchids, Brussels, 1903

Laelia grandis var Tenebrosa sub-var superbiens orchid
Laelia grandis var. Tenebrosa sub-var. superbiens orchid.. Illustration drawn by C. de Bruyne and chromolithographed by P

Amorphophallus eichleri, voodoo lily native of western tropical Africa.. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith

Cabomba aquatica, yellow water lily native to tropical America.. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith

A Reticulated Python swims from a small freshwater-stream into a sea, to move between parts of island shore (Python reticulatus )

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