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Chickweed or stitchwort plant (Stellaria graminea) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 Feb 1830Reference: 24028i
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A bellflower (Campanula laciniata) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 April 1831Reference: 24196i
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A griffin facing left surrounded by various flowers, fruits and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.Date: [1674]Reference: 24378i
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Six insects and two spiders, including a cicada adult and nymph, a butterfly and two gnats. Gouache painting.
Reference: 23649i
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Common box twig (Buxus sempervirens) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 January 1831Reference: 24184i
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Green-winged orchid (Orchis morio) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 September 1831Reference: 24215i
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A palm weevil: adult, larva and pupa in palm fibres. Etching by W. Kelsall after the Revd. L. Guilding.
Guilding, Lansdown, 1797-1831.Reference: 42627i
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Bastard alkanet plant (Lithospermum arvense) with an associated beetle, its larva and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 November 1830Reference: 24171i
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A small fern with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 March 1831Reference: 24191i
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A parasitic worm (Filaria species) and its vector beetle (Tenebrio molitor). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.
Terzi, A. J. E. (Amedeo John Engel), 1872-1956.Reference: 41553i
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Sea beet plant (Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 June 1830Reference: 24049i
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Bahama whitewood tree (Canella winterana): flowering and fruiting branch and beetle. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1808, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 2 April 1808Reference: 25397i
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A dehiscing puffball (Lycoperdon species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 May 1831Reference: 24200i
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Stinking hellebore (Helleborus foetidus) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 July 1831Reference: 24208i
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A lily (Lilium persicum): flowering stem with butterfly, moth and beetle. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
Robert, Nicolas, 1614-1685.Date: [c. 1660]Reference: 24919i
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Knawel plant (Scleranthus annuus) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 March 1830Reference: 24032i
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A large elephant with a monkey on its back and various flowers and insects. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.Date: [1674]Reference: 24367i
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Seven insects, including an earwig, a glow worm and four different beetles. Engraving by G. F. Schroeder, ca. 1822.
Date: 18 April 1822Reference: 42084i
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A liverwort (Hepaticae species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 Aug 1830Reference: 24155i
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A beetle and its larva with anatomical segments. Coloured engraving, ca. 1834.
Date: 1 March 1834Reference: 42721i
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Encyclopédie d'histoire naturelle : ou, traité complet de cette science d'après les travaux des naturalistes les plus éminents de tous les pays et de toutes les époques Buffon, Daubenton, Lacépède, G. Cuvier, F. Cuvier, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Latreille, De Jussieu, Brongniart, etc. ouvrage résumant les observations des auteurs anciens et comprenant toutes les découvertes modernes jusqu'à nos jours / par le Dr. Chenu ; avec la collaboration de M.E. Desmarest.
Chenu, Jean Charles, 1808-1879.Date: [1851-1856]
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A fungal fruiting body (Coprinus species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 December 1830Reference: 24176i
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A flowering pepperwort plant (Lepidium species) with a cup fungus, two silverfish, a fish larva and wood-beetle. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1813.
Date: 14 March 1813Reference: 25533i
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Aquatic algae with a water beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 Jan 1830Reference: 24024i
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A variety of insects including beetles, moths, wasps and flies. Engraving by R. Scott after T. Brown.
Brown, Thomas, 1785-1862.Reference: 42064i