Images Dated 18th April 2013 (#97)

Gloripallium pallium, glory scallop
Detail of shell ribs on the glory scallop shell (Gloripallium pallium)

The Botany Library Special Collections Room
The Botany Library at the Natural History Museum London. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened to the public on Easter Monday 1881

Scabiosa columbaria, scabious
Small scabious (Scabiosa columbaria) in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams

Poeciliidae sp. Guppy
Illustration of Guppy fish by Guppy, Plantagenet Lechmere 1903

St. Helena, looking out to sea, c. 1870
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Aloe sp. aloes
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Aloe sp. aloes

Cemetery
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Mrs Baynes
Original photograph held within the Botany Library of The Natural History Museum, London

Bone diggers, Elizabeth Island, Strait of Magellan
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Bronze sculpture of Chimpanzee head
Bronze sulpture of Chimpanzee head in the Primate gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Panthera leo, lion
Lion skull with lower jaw viewed from the front. Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s. Now held in the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Wilds drawing of H. M.s Challenger
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Sculpture of Richard Owen, which is situated at the back of the Central Hall in the Natural History Museum, London

Seated man, China
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Hyperoodon ampullatus, northern bottlenose whale
Skeleton of the northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus), also known as the Thames Whale, which became stranded in the River Thames

Marine Invertebrates
A general view of the Natural History Museums Marine Invertebrates Gallery (number 13)

Tagetes erecta L. marigold

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

Cyrtopirifer verneuili (Murchison), Delabole butterfly brach
A Delabole butterfly brachiopod (Cyrtopirifer verneuili Murchison) specimen from the Upper Devonian, Delabole Quarry, nr Camelford, Cornwall

Natural History Museum, London
Front entrance and Cromwell Road facade of the Waterhouse building. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Australopithecus boisei (OH5) & Homo habilis (OH24) crania
Two cranium casts of: (left) Australopithecus boisei known as OH5 and (right) homo habilis known as OH24. Both original specimens were discovered within Bed 1 at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Private garden, St. Michael, Azores 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Mic-Mac Indians, Halifax 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

John Henry Davies (1838-1909)
Portrait of John Henry Davies, a naturalist who collected specimens from Ireland

Murex pecten, Venus comb
A pair of Venus combs (Murex pecten). This heavily ornamented gastropod has a row of spines making it look like a comb. They can be found throughout the Indo-Pacific

Distant view across valley, c. 1870

Archispirostreptus gigas, African giant black millipede
An African giant black millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas). This species which is native to sub-tropical and tropical regions of western Africa is one of the worlds largest millipedes which can grow

Pothos glaucus
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Pothos glaucus, common name unknown, from Asia

J. F. Bagnall
Original photograph held within the Botany Library of The Natural History Museum, London

Coelodonta antiquitatis, woolly rhinoceros
Fossil horn specimen from the extinct woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis)

Agaricus adustus. Plate LXXIII taken from Illustrations of British Mycology by Hussey, Anna Maria

Distant mountains across valley, Madeira, Portugal
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

View from the ship, Admiralty Islands

Spondylus gaederopus, European thorny oyster
A pair European thorny oysters (Spondylus gaederopus). This thorny bivalve is distributed around northwest coasts of Africa

Male group portrait
Original photograph held within the Botany Library of The Natural History Museum, London

Velociraptor
An animatronic model of the dinosaur Velociraptor created by Kokoro for the Natural History Museum

Palm
Plate 23 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty Two Species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. The series was originally issued in 1771

Spondylus pictorum, painted thorny oyster
A pair of painted thorny oysters (Spondylus pictorum). This bivalve can be found offshore up to 50 metres in the Mediterranean and Red seas

Waterfall

Parramatta, Sydney, Australia
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Bell of the Great Buddha, Kyoto, Japan
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Sir William Hooker (1785-1865)
Portrait of Sir William Hooker, Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow and Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew

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

Touch-screen display in the Central Hall

Galena
Specimen number BM 42141, from Herodsfoot Mine, Cornwall, England

Man and woman seated, China
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Pterocnemia pennata pennata, rhea
A mounted adult specimen of Charles Darwins rhea (Pterocnemia pennata pennata), mounted by Rowland Ward Ltd in the early 1900s

Australian Aborigines
Photographed by Sir George Hubert Wilkins (1888-1958)

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