Images Dated 18th April 2013 (page 48)

Sarracenia flava, yellow pitcher plant & Sarracenia purpurea
Nelumbo lutea, American lotus & Triodopsis albolabris, land snail & Cemophora coccinea, scarlet snake. Drawing 30 (Ewan 22) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Dasyurus viverrinus, eastern native cat or quoll
Native names Mer-re-a-gan and Din-e-gow-a. Detail from drawing 84, possibly by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c

A Group of Aborigines around a camp fire
Drawing 26 from the Watling Collection titled A Group on the North Shore of Port Jackson, New South Wales by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

The Botany Gallery
An interior view of the Natural History Museums Botany Gallery in 1911

Taxostoma rufum, brown thrasher
Plate 28, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Exterior view of The Natural History Museum at Tring
This was once the private museum of Lionel Walter, 2nd Baron Rothschild, and has been part of the Natural History Museum since 1937

Fish design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Fossil and plant illustration
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

View of Sydney Cove from the North shore of the harbour
Drawing LS 7 from the Watling Collection titled A Direct North View of Sydney Cove and Port Jackson, the Chief British Settlement in New South Wales by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Mandrillus sphinx, mandrill
Plate 256 (61) Mandrill, Male vieux. From Histoire Naturelle des Mammifcres, avec des figures originales, Vol. 3, 1819-42, by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Baron Georges L. C. Frederic D. Cuvier

Sicilian amber containing two spiders which date from the Oligocene period about 30 million years old. Fig. 36 from Amber the Natural Time Capsule

Die Puris in ihren Waldern
Plate 2 from Reise Nach Brasilien, 1815-1817 by Prinzen Maximilian von Neuwied

Pyrrhosoma nymphula, large red damselfly
" A large red damselfly adult sheds its nymphal exoskeleton. (See next stages in < a href=" /results.asp?image=011873" > 011873< /a>, < a href=" /results.asp)

Plant design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Rhomdeosaurus cramptoni [Kettleness specimen]
Close-up of of a section of foot belonging to the Pliosaur, Rhomdeosaurus cramptoni. This carnivorous marine reptile descended from the plesiosaur

Pyrrhosoma nymphula, large red damselfly
" A large red damselfly adult recently emerged from its nymphal exoskeleton. (See earlier stages in < a href=" /results.asp)

Colourful illustration of two fish
Plate 56 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Santa Cruz, Tenerife 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Bryum capillare, bryum mosses
Bryum mosses (bryum capillare) are noticed more in the Natural History Museums Wildlife Garden during the winter months when other plants have died back. Photograph taken by Derek Adams, 2003

Chalcopyrite or copper pyrite comprises of (copper iron sulphide). It is a common mineral and is found in almost all sulphide deposits. Specimen from Wheal Towan, Cornwall

Malus sylvestris, crab apple
Crab apple buds (Malus syvestris) growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photograph taken by Derek Adams, March 2003

Taraxacum offininale, dandelion clock
Dandelion seeds (Taraxacum offininale) in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photograph taken by Derek Adams, April 2003

Paving stones in the Wildlife Garden

Panoramic: Landscape in Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Rosa canina, dog rose
Close-up of a Wild rose (Rosa sp.) flower growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. May 2003

Sugar Plantation, St. Thomas 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Erithacus rubecula, European robin
An European robin (Erithacus rubecula) photographed in Kent, U.K. Photograph taken by an unknown photographer

Polyommatus icarus, common blue
A female specimen of the common blue butterfly from England. In the common blue butterfly the males are always clear blue

Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas, West Indies after a hurricane
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

The Natural History Museum
Exterior view of the Waterhouse Building. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Rubus cuneifolius, blackberry
Sketch 23 (66 Drawings Volume). From a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Hyacinthoides nonscripta, bluebell
Bluebells (Hyacinthoides nonscripta) growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. May 2003

Homo heidelbergensis cranium (Petralona 1)
An adult male cranium (cast) discovered at the foot of Katsika Hill, Petralona, south east of Thessaloniki, Greece. The specimen dates back 400, 000 years. It was discovered by J

Quercus sp. oak
A mature oak tree in winter photographed by Pat Hart

Santa Cruz, Tenerife 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Leucanthemum vulgare, oxeye daisy
Oxeye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, May 2003

A drawing of the laboratory on board H. M.s Challenger by Wil
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an

Polyommatus icarus, common blue
A female specimen of the common blue butterfly from England. In the common blue butterfly the males are always clear blue

Thea chinensis, tea
A line drawing of a tea plant by James Petiver from Gazophylacii Naturae (1702) Tab (33) Figure 4

Parthenos sylvia lilacinus, clipper butterfly
A subspecies of the clipper butterly from the Malay Peninsula. The clipper butterfly ranges from Sri Lanka, India and Thailand through Indonesia to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

Prof. Charles Wyville Thomson (right) and Dr. Rudolf von Wil
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

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

Betula pendula, silver birch
Silver birch trees in winter photographed by Pat Hart

Homo erectus cranium (OH9)
The cranium (cast) of Homo erectus discovered at Bed II, site LLK at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania by Louis Leakey in 1960. This specimen is the Holotype of Homo leakeyi. This specimen dates back c

Glaucopsyche lydamus, xerces blue
The xerces blue (Glaucopsyche lydamus) survives in a series of subspecies. The xerces blue is one of them. Underside of butterfly shown here

Group of seamen, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Hyacinthoides nonscripta, bluebell
Bluebells growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. May 2003

Crataegus phaenopyrum (L. f. ), Washington hawthorn
Sketch 19 (66 Drawings Volume). From a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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