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LS Plate 179 from the John Reeves Collection
LS Plate 122 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Lonchura maja, white-headed munia and an unidentified birdPlate 261, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 2 (1760). Annotated Malacca gros-beak
Colourful illustration of five fishPlate 22 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour
Colourful illustration of four fishFolio 15 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 1, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour
Papilio machaon, swallowtailPlate 1 from A Life-History of the British Butterflies (1906) Vol 1, by Theo Johnson
Echiichthys vipera, lesser weever fishPhotograph of the lesser weever fish (Echiichthys vipera), which lives in the English Channel, buried under the sea bed with its venomous dorsal fin showing above the sandy bottom
Salamis augustina vinsoni, Mauritaian mother of pearl butterThe last specimen of the Mauritaian mother of pearl butterfly ever seen, collected in 1757. Now considered to be extinct
Hemitragus jemlahicus, tahr
Ornithodoros parkeri, tickVentral views of male and female of this soft tick (Ornithodoros parkeri) from the family Argasidae
A collection of birds feathersWing coverts, tail coverts, secondaries, tertiaries and tail feathers from several different species of birds
Nautilus pompilius, nautilus
Entomological specimens of LepidopteraUnidentified photograph of mounted specimens of butterflies and moths
A collection of birds feathersContour feathers, wing coverts and tail coverts from several different species of birds
Inachis io, peacock butterflyA peacock butterfly. Striking variations of the peacock pattern do occur sometimes. This one is almost blind on the hindwing, and the eyespots can fail on both wings
Asterope leprieuri, butterflyThe upperside of the Asterope leprieuri butterfly, Family Nymphalidae (Nymphalinae). Photographed by Harry Taylor
Insects of SurinamPlate 14 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)
Morpho menelaus, Amazonian butterflyAn iridescent butterfly from the Amazon. Specimen from display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London
Papilio ulysses telegonus, swallowtail butterflyButterfly from Australasia/Batjan etc. On display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London
Swallowtail butterfly from the collections at the Natural History Museum, London
Ornithoptera croesus, Wallaces golden birdwing butterflyUpperside of a male Wallaces Golden Birdwing Butterfly (Ornithoptera croesus), collected by Alfred Russel Wallace himself on the remote Indonesian island of Batchian (Bacan) in 1859
Agrias claudina, butterflyPhotograph of an Agrias claudina, Family Nymphalidae (Charaxinae)
Tragopan satyra, satyr tragopanPlate 49 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph
Verbascam ferrugineum & Tropidacris collarisRusty mullein, with South American grasshopper. Drawing by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1747. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, page 187
Glaucopsyche lygdamus, xerces blueXerces blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus) butterfly specimen from San francisco bay, now thought to be extinct
Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Eurasian bullfinchA male Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) in flight, U.K. Photographed by Frank Greenaway
Parus caeruleus, blue titA blue tit (Parus caeruleus) in flight, U.K.The blue tit is common throughout Britain living mainly in deciduous woodland. Photographed by Frank Greenaway
Turnera ulmifolia var. angustifolia, yellow alderDrawing by J.S. Miller [pl. 269]. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, plate 8
Papilio sp. butterfliesInsects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite & other islands in the Indian, Southern & Pacific Oceans by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
Ensifera ensifera, sword-billed hummingbirdPlate 233, hand coloured lithograph from A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861) by John Gould
Coeligena torquata torquata, collared incaPlate 251, hand coloured lithograph from A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861) by John Gould
Morpho rhetenor, blue morpho butterflyIllustrative plate of a blue morpho butterfly from Insects of China by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
Papilio polytes & Papilio polymnesterThe common mormon (Papilio polytes) and the blue mormon (Papilio polymnestor). Plate 20 from Insects of India by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
Papilio leucippe and Papilio danaePlate 26 from Insects of India by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
Papilio panthous, swallowtailPlate 18 from Insects of India by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
Plant IllustrationPlate 470 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Quercus sp. oakRipe acorns and oak leaves. Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003
Papaver orientale, oriental poppyIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Tulip cultivar, tulipIllustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Chrysis rudii, ruby-tailed waspAn illustration of a ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis rudii)
Varanus eremius and Varanus gilleriRusty desert monitor (Varanus eremius) and pigmy mulga monitor (Varanus gilleri). Plate 8 from Report of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia (1896)
Annona glabra, pond apple
Aegypius monachus, cinereous vulturePlate 13 from Nouveau recueil de planches coloriees d Oiseaux (1820) by Coenraad Jacob Temminck
Amazona dufresniana, blue-cheeked parotPlate 55 from Christian Ludwig Brehms Monographie der Papageien (1855)
Papilio sp. and Cymothoe althea, swallowtailsWatercolour by Gerrit Wartenaar Lambertz from the Cramer Drawings Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Garcinia mangostana, mangosteenPlate 648 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Magnolia sp. magnoliaPlate 642 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
