Images Dated 3rd August 2023

Theshing machine in Manitoba, Canada, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century

Tomb of the Persian lyric poet Hafez in Shiraz, Iran
Tomb of the Persian lyric poet Hafiz or Hafez in a walled cemetery garden in Shiraz, Iran. Khwāje Shams-od-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfe"-e (1325-1390). Persian curiosities

Ipecacuanha and contrajerva, medicinal plants
Ipecacuanha, Carapichea ipecacuanha 1 and contrajerva, Dorstenia contrayerva 2. American medicinal plants. The botanicals were drawn by Henriette and Conrad Westermayr, F. Götz and C. Ermer

Boatswain's Mate, HMS Implacable, Royal Navy
Boatswain's Mate, HMS Implacable, Royal Navy, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century

Lalibertes Fur Parlour, Quebec, Canada, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century

PS Frenchman, Hull, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century

Panorama of Toronto, Canada, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century

Ranch in Alberta, Canada owned by the Prince of Wales, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

PS Princess May, Inversnaid, Loch Lomond, Scotland, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century

PS Lorna Doone, Red Funnel Line, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century

PS Snowdon, Menai Straits, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century

Great Yarmouth beach, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century

Southend Promenade and beach, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century

Margate Promenade, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Pelican, cormorant, tropic bird and sungrebe
American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 1, cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo 2, red-tailed tropic bird, Phaethon rubricauda 3, and sungrebe, Heliornis fulica 4

European red fox and spotted hyena
European red fox, Vulpes vulpes crucigera 1 and spotted hyena or laughing hyena, Crocuta crocuta 2. Cross fox, Canis cruciger, Hyaena crocuta. After illustrations by D

Harlequin beetle and vulnerable sabertooth longhorn beetle
Harlequin beetle, Acrocinus longimanus 1, and vulnerable sabertooth longhorn beetle, Macrodontia cervicornis 2. Cerambyx longimanus 1, Prionus cervicornis 2. Very curious scarab beetles

Herald moth and large yellow underwing
Herald moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix 1 and large yellow underwing, Noctua pronuba 2. Dainty butterfly, Phalaena noctua libatrix 1, nuptial butterfly, Phalaena noctua pronuba 2

Bristly sea-pen and membranous melobesia
Bristly sea-pen, Pennatula rubra 1, and membranous melobesia, Melobesia membranacea 2, a small marine alga that grows on the surface of other algae

Imperial napoleona, Napoleonaea imperialis. Native to west and central Africa, used in traditional medicine

Anatomy of the human ear, the organ of hearing. Sections through ear showing the tympanic membrane 9, malleus 14, incus 11, cochlea 22, semicircular canals 19, stapes 15, etc

Anatomy of the human eye. Section through eye showing the eyelids 5, eyebrows 11, optic nerve 13, cornea 20, pupil 25, retina 27, vitreous chamber 29, lens 30, iris 32, etc

Great water-scorpion or aquatick bug of Surinam, Nepa grandis. Giant water bug, Lethocerus grandis. Copied from Richard Nodder and George Shaw's The Naturalist's Miscellany, 1799

Shwemawdaw Pagoda, Bago, Myanmar
Shwemawdaw Pagoda or Golden God Temple, Bago, Myanmar. Schomadu or the Golden Temple at Pegu, Burma. Copied from Michael Symes An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, 1800

Gang-gang cockatoo, Callocephalon fimbriatum. Vulnerable. As fringe-crested cockatoo, Psittacus fimbriatus. Depicted by Royal Navy officer James Grant in his voyage to New South Wales, Australia

Sea fir, Abietinaria abietina I, adhering to a sea shell, and magnified II. Hydrozoan species, Sertularia abietina

Russian Ambassador brought ashore to Nagasaki, Japan, 1804
Russian Ambassador Nikolay Rezanov brought ashore to Nagasaki, Japan, from Captain Adam Johann von Krusenstern's ship Nadezhda, 1804

Russian irregular light horse. Circassian prince in chainmail armour 1, common Circassian 2, Murza or Tatar nobleman 3, Nogai Tatar 4, Turkmen Tatar 5, Bashkirs 6 and Kyrgyz cavalry 7

Russian irregular light horse. Officer 1 and cavalryman of the Don Cossacks, Kalmyk 3, Ural Cossack 4, Black Sea Cossack lancers 5, and Albanian infantryman with musket and pistols 6

Breadcrumb sponge, Halichondria panicea. Species of sea sponge with 56 Latin names. Devil's hand, Alcyonium manusdiaboli

Costumes of Kurds and Persians. Mountain Kurd with cudgel and shield 1, Persian man in silk summer outfit 2, and Persian women in shawl or turban, tunic and pantaloons 3, 4

Wild water buffalo, Bubalus arnee. Endangered
Wild water buffalo, Bubalus arnee, endangered 1. Skull and horns 2. Native to North Hindostan and North Bengal (India and Southeast Asia). The gigantic buffalo, Bos arni

Necropolis at the ancient Etruscan city of Tarquinia. The chambers rest on pillars carved from the rock. Gentlemen antiquarians sketch the catacombs by torchlight

Necropolis of the ancient Etruscan city of Tarquinia. Catacombs carved from the limestone, the walls painted with colourful images of the afterlife

Tombs in the Catacombs of Rome. Grave niche with Valeria Dormit in Pace 2, Christian martyr's tomb with palm frond and hatchet 3, sealed niche 4, and open tomb with skeleton and Chi Rho symbol 5

The catacombs or subterranean sepulchres of Rome. An antiquarian or historian with torch sits next to an open tomb with carved stones Virgina in Pace and Maxim

Hydrozoan species, Campanularia volubilis. Winding sertularia or vesicular coralline, Sertularia volubilis

Adam's needle and thread, Yucca filamentosa
Adam's needle and thread or filamentous yukka, Yucca filamentosa. Native to North America. Spanish bayonet, bear-grass, needle-palm, silk-grass or spoon-leaf yucca

View of the city of Shiraz, Iran
View of the city of Shiraz or Shiras, Fars Province, Iran. Walled city with mosques, brick houses and six gates, camels and travellers in the foreground. Persian curiosities

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