Wing Collection (page 35)

Tichodroma muraria, wallcreeper
A watercolour by Lady Mary Bentinck (c. 1833)

Bonasa umbellus, ruffed grouse
Plate 41 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Falco cherrug, saker falcon
X-ray image of an Ancient Egyptian bird mummy, identified as a Saker Falcon. Catalogue reference - CRW-4119

Ornithacris pictula magnifica, locust
A locust with its elytra open and wings spread. Locusts sometimes swarm to form groups of up to 80 million and can migrate over large distances

Limosa haemastica, Hudsonian godwit
Plate 258 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Oliva erythrostoma
Plate 31 from Coquilles Univalves Marines by Duclos (1835)

Chaetura pelagica, chimney swift
Plate 158 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Charadrius vociferus, killdeer
Plate 225 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Melospiza melodia, song sparrow
Plate 25 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Sitta carolinensis, white-breasted nuthatch
Plate 152 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Buteo platypterus, broad-winged hawk
Plate 91 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Anthophorites titania, fossil bee
A well preserved specimen of the body of a bee. Legs and abdomen can clearly be seen

Aeshna sp. dragonflies
Dragonflies illustrated and described by Toussaint de Charpentier in Libellulinae europaeae descriptae e depictae (1840)

Lorius garrulus, chattering lory
Plate 72 from Christian Ludwig Brehms Monographie der Papageien (1855)

Butterfly lifecycle
Plate 109 from 298 water-colour drawings of insects and larvae, Frankfurdt 1622 by C. Flegel

Butterflies
Plate 86 from 298 water-colour drawings of insects and larva (1622) by C. Flegel. Held in the Entomology Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Colourful illustration of two fish and a grasshopper
Plate 33 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Psittacula sp. parakeet
Plate 135 from Xaverio Manettis Ornithologia methodice digesta (1769). Annotated Psittacula mexicana crsitata dictus

Bee in Dominican amber
A bee, Hymenoptera: Aculeata: Apidae trapped in Dominican amber. This specimen was used to attempt DNA extraction

Scientist working with butterfly specimen
Entomologist opening butterflys wings after relaxing ready to be placed into a specimen drawer. Specimen held at The Natural History Museum, London

Pyrrhula pyrrhula, bullfinch
A female bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) in flight, U.K. Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Melanargia galathea, marbled white butterfly
Close-up of the wings of the Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea), native to most of Europe and North Africa

Megascolia procer, wasp

Achias rothschildi
Photograph of Achias rothschildi

Formosia moneta, fly

Gynandromorph Antheraea frithi, silkmoth

Hawker dragonfly
A hawker dragonfly at rest, photographed in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London

Polyommatus icarus, common blue
Photograph of a mounted specimen of the common blue, highly magnified scales from the hindwing underside of the female butterfly

Ixias reinwardti
Photograph of a mounted specimen of the butterfly (Ixias reinwardti)

Study of a ray
Page 450 by Ulisse Aldrovandi from his De Piscubis et de Cetis, 1638

Erasipteron bolsoveri, dragonfly
Impression from the wing of an extinct dragonfly-like insect found by Malcolm Spenser in Bolsover coal mine in 1978

Anatomical study of a ray
Page 451 by Ulisse Aldrovandi from his De Piscubis et de Cetis, 1638

Aphriza virgata, surfbird
Plate 428 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Mistress Goose goes shopping
Three foxes politely raise their hats to Mistress Goose as she ventures out for a shopping expedition, wearing a pretty orange bonnet and carrying an umbrella under her wing. 1912

Swooping owl weathervane 2011

Butterfly amidst flowers 2011

Butterflies amongst the flowers 2011

A bee-eater amidst flowers 2011

CARNOT, Marie Fran篩s Sadi (1837-1894). French politician, representative of the moderate left-wing. Scene of the killing of Carnot in Lyon by the Italian anarchist Sante Caserio. Engraving

Spain. Demonstration of the extreme right-wing at the Plaza de Oriente in Madrid (1st October 1975). Demonstration supporting Franco

Spain. Extreme right-wing demonstration in Plaza de Oriente, Madrid (October 1, 1975) supporting Francos regime after

AL-ASWANY, Alaa (1957). Egipcian writer. Portrait of 2007. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona

Warwick Prison - Interior View

Dining Hall at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
Benches and tables set for a meal line the dining hall in B Wing at Wakefield prison. A black central heating shaft rises from the floor to the roof. Date: Date unknown

Salvation Army Social Wing 4d Token
A 4d token issued to workers by the Salvation Army Social Wing. Date: Date unknown

Mens eveing dress 1967
Frenchmans evening wear: black tuxedo, white double- breasted dinner jacket with long lapels & black tie or the more formally elegant tail coat, white tie & wing collar. Date: 1967

WIlliam Gladstone
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE English politician MP 1809 - 1898

NFS (London Region) HQ staff car
A staff car, with accident damage to front right wing, outside Lambeth workshops. Fire Force Area 38 headquarters was located at Wimbledon where this car would have been allocated

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