Images Dated 18th April 2013 (page 5)

A fine ripe Pomelo, peeled and cut ornamentally for table
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952

St. Cuthberts Beads - rosary made from crinoid columnals
Unidentified crinoid columnals used as beads for jewellery. Specimens from the Carboniferous Yoredale Shales, Ribblehead, Yorkshire

Selection of diamond crystals
Diamond crystals from the Natural History Museum collections

Hydroporus rufifrons, diving beetle
Close-up shot of a diving beetle (Hydroporus rufifrons). Specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Department

Argonauta hians, brown paper nautilus
A pair of brown paper nautilus (Argonauta hians). This delicate-shelled cephalopod is distributed in warm seas globally

Parasaurolophus skeleton
This dinosaur which grew up to 10 metres in length had a large crest over the top of its head which extended over a metre. It lived during the Upper Cretaceous period, 76 to 74 mya

Dr Johannes Vogel
Portrait of Dr Vogel, Keeper of Botany at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed for Museums part in British Association Annual Festival of Science in Cardiff

Amaryllis vittata, amaryllis
Illustration No.3 by Peter Brown, c. 1760s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Skull of a pigmy hippo
Model of a pigmy hippo skull from Cyprus

Snake skeleton by Albertus Seba
Tab 107 illustrating a section of snake skeleton from Thesaurus, by Albertus Seba

Cattleya skinneri, English orchid
Plate 13 from Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala (1837-1843) by James Bateman. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Tooth from a woolly mammoth
Tooth from an extinct woolly mammoth, specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Thomas Henry Huxley
Portrait of Thomas Henry Huxley 1895, scientist focusing on Spirula, whilst on board HMS Challenger during the expeditionof 1872 - 1876.of 1872 - 1876

Hylobates sp. Pongo pygmaeus, Pan troglodytes, Gorilla gori
Gibbon, orangutan, chimpanzee, gorilla and human. Evidence as to Mans Place in Nature. Illustration published in Mans Place in Nature, Vol. 7 from a collection of essays by Thomas Henry Huxley, 1863

William Smiths Geological Map
Fig. 6 from Delineation of Strata of England and Wales (1815) by William Smith

Engraving of a human skull
Collected from the Admiralty Islands in the south-western Pacific, on The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for the purpose of scientific discovery

Magnolia virginiana, North American sweet bay
Illustration No.4 by Peter Brown, c. 1760s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Petaurus breviceps ariel, sugar glider
Petaurus breviceps ariel (Gould, 1849) sugar glider. BMNH 1842.5.26.1, female skin & skull, lectotype photographed next to specimen BMNH 1855.12.24.308 paralectotype skin

Ornithoptera croesus, Wallaces golden birdwing butterfly

Erithacus rubecula, European robin
An European robin (Erithacus rubecula) in flight, U.K. Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Garcinia mangostana, mangosteen
Plate 648 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Homo rudolfensis (KNM-ER 1470) Homo habilis (KNM-ER 1813)
On the left, KNM-ER 1470 (also attributed to H. rudolfensis). On the right, KNM-ER 1813. Both skulls are about 2 million years old. Held at The Natural History Museum, London

Nyrustuca moschata, nutmeg
Illustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Pedigree of Man
Tab XV from Ernst Haeckel (1879) The Evolution of man: a popular exposition of the principal points of human ontogeny and phylogeny, London: Kegan Paul, 2 v: ill

Tropaeolum majus, nasturtium
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Sesamum indicum, sesame plant
Illustration from the Botany Library held at the Natural History Museum, London

Sharks teeth
Tooth of an extinct shark (Carcharodon megalodon) on the right, compared with a tooth from a modern Great White shark, (Carcharodon carcharias) on the left

Protea nitida, wagon tree
Plate 85 from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Stuart Hine with Scolopendra gigantea, giant centipede
Natural History Museum Entomologist, Stuart Hine with a giant centipede which was brought into the Museums Insect Identification service after being found in a living room in London

Pomfret illustration
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Triatoma infestans, kissing bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Homo heidelbergensis in action
A reconstructed scene by Angus McBride showing Homo erectus killing an elephant. Homo heidelbergensis lived for about 1.5 million years and is believed to have used sophisticated tools

Blue John vase
A vase carved out of the mineral Blue John. The mineral is so far unique to one location in the Derbyshire Peak District, England

Tragopan melanocephala, western tragopan
Plate 23 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Orange de Malte, Maltese blood orange
Tab 13 from Histoire Naturelle des Orangers 1818 by Antoine Risso (1777-1845). Picture shows a close-up of the whole orange

Phasianus colchicus decollatus, common (Chinese ringless) ph
Plate 57 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Turdus philomelos, song thrush
Plate 19 from Henry Eeles Dressers A History of the Birds of Europe.. (1871-96)

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, mole cricket
Detail from plate 456 of an illustration of a mole cricket from British Entomology: Original Drawings Vol 10, by John Curtis, 1862

Coleoptera sp. metallic beetles
A pair of gold and silver metallic beetles side by side

Silybum marianum, milk thistle
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Chardon Marie

Skeleton of Negrillo or pigmy
A skeleton of a female pygmy from the Akka Tribe, Monnattu, central Africa. Specimen presented by Dr Emin Pasha, 1887. Photograph by J Benjamin Stone in 1907

Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton
A skeleton of the carnivorous dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex at the Natural History Museum. The Tyrannosaurus rex, which grew up to around 12 metres long lived 67 to 65 million years ago during

Stuart Stammwitz working on blue whale model, 1938, The Natu
Stuart Stammwitz is shown here working on the whales eye, before the model was painted

Meteor fireball engraving
Contemporary engraving by Harry Robinson of a meteor seen near Newark-upon-Trent on 18 August 1783. A single fireball that quickly broke up into many small ones was seen

Stylidium scandens, climbing trigger plant
Plate 82 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Aquila chrysaetus, golden eagle
Plate 78 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 2 (1925)

Jynx torquilla, wryneck, Dendrocopos major, great spotted wo
Plate 60 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 2 (1925)

Iguanodon & Megalosaurus
Iguanodon was a bipedal herbivorous dinosaur that lived 140-110 million years ago. Less is known about the Megalosaurus, but it lived a little earlier than Iguanodon as a large carnivorous dinosaur

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