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The Museum of Practical Geology, Piccadilly: the interior. Wood engraving by C. D. Laing, 1848, after B. Sly.
Sly, Benjamin, active 1841-1883.Date: 1848Reference: 40340i- Pictures
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A panoramic display of big cats. Etching by J Wolf, ca 1850, tinted by H Adlard.
Wolf, Joseph, 1820-1899.Date: 1850Reference: 39788i- Pictures
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A jaguar attacking a deer. Ink drawing.
Reference: 28091i- Pictures
A Bengali proverb: two watersnakes swallowing fish and frog. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 26906i- Pictures
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Three sketches associated with lions wrestling with man and deer. Ink drawing.
Reference: 28085i- Pictures
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The menagerie of Blaauw Jan (Jan Berentsz Westerhof) in Amsterdam: animals including ostriches, monkeys, lions and peacocks are shown in and around a large central cage, surrounded by people drinking at tables. Etching, 1751.
Date: 1751Reference: 579186i- Pictures
A bedstraw plant (Galium erectum): two flowering plants. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.
Bradbury, Henry, 1831-1860.Date: [c. 1867]Reference: 23672i- Pictures
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The Hermetic androgyne; representing the stages of the alchemical Work in One. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
Ibbs, Edith A.Date: 1900-1909Reference: 38739iPart of: Splendor solis- Pictures
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A group of mosses, in eight separate clumps. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
Date: 1853 [1854]Reference: 23780i- Pictures
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Jardin des Plantes, Paris: as seen from across the river with the Pont d'Austerlitz and Prise de l'Arsenal. Coloured line engraving.
Reference: 21890i- Pictures
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A mass of filamentous green algae, possibly a Spirogyra species. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
Date: 1853 [1854]Reference: 23776i- Pictures
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A withered tree bearing apples labelled with sins; representing the life of the base, 'natural' man. Etching, 1771, after J. Bakewell.
Bakewell, J., active 1770.Date: 1 January 1771Reference: 26769i- Pictures
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A group of lower plants, including mosses, liverworts and lichens. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
Date: 1853 [1854]Reference: 23779i- Pictures
Indian cobra, with 'spectacle' marking on hood. Watercolour, 1782.
Date: 1782Reference: 579194i- Pictures
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A fern frond, possibly of the male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas). Colour nature print, c. 1860.
Date: [c. 1860]Reference: 23663i- Pictures
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A golden-winged flycatcher (bird) catching an insect. Watercolour by J.C. Lettsom, 1757.
Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815.Date: [1757]Reference: 19997i- Pictures
Moscow: people swimming and sunbathing at Cerebrensky public baths. Etching by M.G. Eichler, 1799, after G. de la Barthe, 1796.
Barthe, Guerard de la, active 1796.Date: 1799Reference: 24142i- Pictures
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Three flowering plants, including common heather (Calluna vulgaris) and an orchid (Orchidaceae species). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
Date: 1853 [1854]Reference: 23774i- Pictures
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Oak (Quercus species): six leaves showing large variation in size. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
Date: 1853 [1854]Reference: 23775i- Pictures
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A female figure with a vacuum pump; representing physics or 'natural philosophy'. Stipple engraving, 1795, after C-N. Cochin the younger, c. 1773.
Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790.Date: 1 December 1795Reference: 25995i- Pictures
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An alchemical adept carrying the vase of Hermes, which is inscribed "Let us go to seek the nature of the four elements". Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
Ibbs, Edith A.Date: 1900-1909Reference: 38701iPart of: Splendor solis- Pictures
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Three plants, an anenome, a mercury and a crocus: entire flowering plants. Colour nature print, c. 1860.
Date: [c. 1860]Reference: 23662i- Pictures
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Five plants, including a grass, a sedge and a plant of the Boraginaceae family. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
Date: 1853 [1854]Reference: 23771i- Pictures
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Jardin des Plantes, Paris: figures strolling the grounds alongside the glasshouses. Coloured lithograph by J. Jacottet.
Jacottet, Louis-Julien, 1806-1880.Date: R. de Seine 57Reference: 21886i- Pictures
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The male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas): fronds and part of rhizome. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
Date: 1853 [1854]Reference: 23766i