Images Dated 26th August 2023

Brixham quayside, Devon - circa 1920s Date: circa 1920s

View of the Sulphur Mountain, Iceland, 1811
View of the Sulphur Mountain or Brennisteinsfjöll, Iceland. Scottish scientists watching volcanic eruptions

New Zealand flax or harakeke, Phormium tenax
New Zealand flax, hemp, harakeke, Phormium tenax. Der Neuseelandische Flachs, Le lin de la Nouvelle-Selande. The botanicals were drawn by Henriette Westermayr, Conrad Westermayr, F. Götz and C

Exotic crab species
Velvet crab, Necora puber 1, 3, harbour crab, Liocarcinus depurator 2, Amphithrax aculeatus 4, moon crab, Matuta victor 5, stone crab, Menippe rumphii 6, and sponge crab, Dromia personata 7, 8

Herring fishing boats, Aberdeen, Scotland, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century

A Daguerre camera for taking daguerreotype photographs,1840s Date: 1840s

Steam train approaching Kirkham Station, Lancashire, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

A thatched cottage in Broom, Warwickshire, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century

Tiger lily, Lilium lancifolium, native to China, Japan, Korea etc. Japanese tiger lily, Lilium tigrinum. After an illustration by Sydenham Edwards in William Curtis Botanical Magazine, 1809

View of Portoferraio on the island of Elba, Italy, 1815
View of the town of Portoferraio on the island of Elba, Tuscany, Italy. With Fort Stella, Fort Falcone and the government house where Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled in 1814

Norfolk Island pine, Araucaria heterophylla
Norfolk Island pine or Norfolk pine, Araucaria heterophylla. Branch with needles and pine cone. Le Sapin-geant des terres Australes, Araucaria excelsa

View of Jamestown on the island of Saint Helena, 1815
View of the town of Jamestown on the island of Saint Helena, 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to the island in 1815. Ansicht von Jamestown auf der Insel S. Helena

View of Mount Parnassus in Greece, 1815
View of Mount Parnassus in Greece from near Delphi on the road to Livadia. A peasant with donkey next to the fountain of Castalia, a spring sacred to the Muses. Ansicht des Parnassus

Sunburst star turban, Astraea heliotropium
Sunburst star turban or the circular saw shell, Astraea heliotropium, dorsal 1, ventral 2. Large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusc. Le soleil imperial ou l'eperon royal, Trochus imperialis

View of the holy mountain Mount Athos in Greece, 1815
View of Mount Athos in Greece. Known as the Holy Mountain, Agios Oros, for its Eastern Orthodox monasteries Ansicht des Berges Athos

Olm or proteus, Proteus anguinus, vulnerable. Dorsal I, ventral II, and internal organs III

Nipplefruit, Solanum mammosum
Nipplefruit, fox head, cow's udder or apple of Sodom, Solanum mammosum. With ripe fruit, leaf, and section through fruit

Ulysses butterfly, Opsiphanes cassiae and Hebomoia leucippe
Ulysses butterfly or blue emperor, Papilio ulysses, native to India 1, Opsiphanes cassiae, native to Surat, dorsal 2, ventral 3, and Hebomoia leucippe, native to the Moluccas 3

White witch moth, Thysania agrippina
White witch, ghost moth, great gray witch or great owlet moth, Thysania agrippina (Phalaena agrippina), dorsal 1, ventral 2. Native to Mexico, Suriname and South America

Various starfish species
Cushion star, Ceramaster granularis 1, 2, red comb star, Astropecten aranciacus 3, black brittle star, Ophiocomina nigra 4, and crevice brittle star, Ophiopholis aculeata 5

Papaya fruit with seeds, leaf, and flower, Carica papaya. Copied from Maria Sibylla Merian's Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1719

African cattle species, Bos taurus africanus. Native to Galla, southern Abyssinia (Ethiopia). Sanga ox or Galla ox, Bos sanga saltii

Common honeysuckle and fly honeysuckle
Common honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum 1, and fly honeysuckle, Lonicera xylosteum 2. The botanicals were drawn by Henriette Westermayr, Conrad Westermayr, F. Götz and C. Ermer

Cave with columnar cliffs near Stappen, Iceland, 1811
Cave with columnar cliffs and natural rock arch near Stappen, Iceland, 1811. Scottish scientists explore the caves in a rowboat. Hohte zu Stappen

Natural arch on the coast near Stappen, Iceland, 1811

Section through a geyser in Iceland. An increase in heat to cavity C causes steam and water to be ejected via A to P. Theorie des Geysers

View of the New Geyser on Iceland, 1811. Scottish scientists near columns of water and steam erupting from the ground

View of volcanic Mount Hekla, Iceland, 1811
View from the south of the volcanic Mount Hekla, Iceland, 1811. Spitze der Hekla auf Island

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