Images Dated 18th April 2013 (page 49)

Cemetary, St. Thomas, West Indies (1873)
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) 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

Group of seamen, St. Thomas, West Indies (1873)
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) 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

Plate 37 from Sebas Thesauri
Illustration from A Sebas Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descripttio, Vol 3, 1758. This plate shows the way Seba displayed the specimens in the drawers of his shell cabinet

The Cemetary at St. Thomas, West Indies (1873)
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) 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

Bryum capillare, bryum moss
When more vigorous plants have died back, bryum mosses (Bryum capillare) are revealed in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photograph taken by Derek Adams, April 2003

Cystopteris diaphana, diaphanous bladder fern
An SEM showing a complete spore of diaphanous bladder fern (Cystopteris diaphana) in lateral aspect. Photographed on Philips XL30 SEM

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

Mycteria leucocephala, painted stork
Plate 23 by Sydney Parkinson from the Loten Collection

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

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

Wilds Drawing Animals from Dredge
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) 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

Cystopteris diaphana, diaphanous bladder fern
Diaphanous bladder fern (Cystopteris diaphana) growing on a river bank in Cornwall

Mus musculus, house mouse
Photograph of a mounted articulated skeleton of a common house mouse. The mandible is unarticulated and lies beneath the head

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

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

Rosa sp. wild rose
Close-up of a wild rose (Rosa sp.) flower growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, May 2003

Paeonia sp. peony
Plate CXCIX Vol.2 of Figures of the most beautiful, useful, and uncommon Plants described in the Gardeners Dictionary: with the characters of their Flowers and Seed-Vessels by Philip Miller, London

Pinus palustris Miller, long-leaf pine

Cacatua sulphurea, yellow-crested cockatoo
Plate from William Hayes Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, With Their Descriptions, From the Menagery of Osterley Park, London, (1794)

The Mole, 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

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

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

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

Charlotte Amalia, 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

Alnus glutinosa catkin, alder catkin
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

Dandelion growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, May 2003

Professor Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum, London photographed with the Cheddar Man skull

Dermacentor andersoni, Rocky Mountain wood tick
This armoured tick species, the Rocky mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) is capable of causing paralysis

Portunus pelagicus, flower crab
Cut out from Plate 49, watercolour by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer from his collection of Zoological drawings

A7 / 361a Ficus racemosa, fig
Finished watercolour by F. P. Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771

Ranunculus lingua, greater spearwort
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Exterior view of the Waterhouse Building

Myotis mystacinus, whiskered bat
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Pegesimallus teratodes, robber fly
A robber fly, a predatory fly from Tanzania. Only the males have the long scales on the hind-legs, their use is not known but could be used to attract females

Frontispiece from George Edwards A Natural History of Birds, Part 1, (1743). Annotated Georgii Edvardi Ornithologia Nova

Homo sapiens cranium (Qafzeh 9)
Lateral view of a cast of a Homo sapiens adult skull discovered at Dkebel Kafzeh, Israel by B. Vandermeersch, 1965-1969

Flower Illustration

Bird display
A perspective view of the grand saloon and gallery from A Companion to the [British] Museum (1790) by Sir Ashton Lever. The Natural History Museum in South Kensington was not built until 1880s

Sciurus vulgaris, red squirrel
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

The Natural History Museum, London
An aerial view of the Natural History Museum, London looking towards the north. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Trimeresurus albolabris, bamboo pit viper
Photograph of a bamboo pit viper (Trimeresurus albolabris) wrapped around a tree branch

Conostylis aculeata
From a manuscript by Robert Brown. Folio 64/222

Laboratory in the Darwin Centre
Scientists working in a laboratory in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

My house at Bessir, in Waigiou
Page 532 from The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace, London 1874

Citrus limonum, lemon
Tab. 74 from Histoire naturelle des Orangers (1818-1820) by Antoine Risso (1777-1845). Illustration entitled Limone bignetta a frutto grande

Raphus cucullatus, dodo
Skeleton of the extinct bird, the dodo (Raphus cucullatus)

Homo sapiens (Goughs Cave 190) cranium
Modern human skull showing cut marks excavated from Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset dated at around 14, 000 to 12, 000 years old, late upper palaeolithic (Creswellian)

Detail view of the exterior of the Waterhouse Building
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

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