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Handcoloured Collection

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Errembault's hybrid alstroemeria

Errembault's hybrid alstroemeria, Alstroemeria x errembaultii. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Hybrid white chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum indicum

Hybrid white chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum indicum

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Tablinum in the House of Marcus Lucretius Fronto

Tablinum in the House of Marcus Lucretius Fronto, Pompeii. Third Pompeian Style. Casa di Marco Lucrezio Frontone. Tablinum de la maison de Fronto, Region V.4. Troisieme style

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Panels in the Building of Eumachia

Panels in the Building of Eumachia, Pompeii. Egyptian style. Panneaux de ledifice dEumachie. Style egyptisant

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Useful quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa

Useful quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter Fitch from William Jackson Hooker's Botanical Magazine, London, 1838.

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Coffee tree, Coffea arabica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F

Coffee tree, Coffea arabica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, T. Curtis, London, 1810.

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Monkeys gathering leaves from tea bushes high on a mountain and delivering them to their master

Monkeys gathering leaves from tea bushes high on a mountain and delivering them to their master

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Saw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus 1

Saw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus 1, and Madagascar leafnose snake, Langaha madagascariensis 2. Scitale zigzag, Langaha a muso appuntato

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Chamorro men, women and children of Guam

Chamorro men, women and children of Guam, Mariana islands, Pacific Ocean. Marianna and Josepha, daughters of the Mayor of Umatac (top), and Stephan and Claudio Lajo (bottom)

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Princess palm, Dictyosperma album var

Princess palm, Dictyosperma album var. aureum (Areca aurea)

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Plutus, Roman god of wealth, with boxes of gold coins

Plutus, Roman god of wealth, with boxes of gold coins Plutus or Pluotos, Greek and Roman god of wealth, with boxes of gold coins

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Green chirayta, king of bitters

Green chirayta, king of bitters, kariyat or maha-tita, Andrographis paniculata

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Tadeai or dyer's knotweed, Persicaria tinctoria

Tadeai or dyer's knotweed, Persicaria tinctoria. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Poinciana, Chinese hypericum, crimson hibiscus and epidendrum orchid

Poinciana, Chinese hypericum, crimson hibiscus and epidendrum orchid

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Olive tree, Olea europaea, olivier

Olive tree, Olea europaea, olivier. Handcoloured steel engraving by Debray after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Cocoplum, Chrysobalanus icaco, Crisobalano icaco

Cocoplum, Chrysobalanus icaco, Crisobalano icaco

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Tobacco pipes of the Native Americans

Tobacco pipes of the Native Americans, and a peace pipe with war-eagle feathers at top. The pipes are carved from pipe-stone, red steatite

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus

Common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus. Ouistiti or striated monkey. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Extinct fossil Nautilus triangularis 1

Extinct fossil Nautilus triangularis 1, bellybutton nautilus, Nautilus macromphalus 2, Nautilus bisiphites 3, massive Orbulites shell 4

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Silver salmon, Salmo salar, Salmo hamatus

Silver salmon, Salmo salar, Salmo hamatus, and common carp, Cyprinus carpio, vulnerable

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Meadow brown butterfly, Maniola jurtina

Meadow brown butterfly, Maniola jurtina, wood lady or orange tip, Anthocharis cardamines, and grizzled skipper, Pyrgus alveolus

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird (formerly Didus ineptus)

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird (formerly Didus ineptus)

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Pink German centifolia rose, Rosa centifolia germanica

Pink German centifolia rose, Rosa centifolia germanica, and white unique rose, Rosa unica

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Jaguar, Panthera onca (Felis onca)

Jaguar, Panthera onca (Felis onca)

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Pale narcissus or primrose peerless

Pale narcissus or primrose peerless, Narcissus biflorus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "English Botany, " London, 1795

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus (Phasianus torquatus)

Common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus (Phasianus torquatus)

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Common ostrich, Struthio camelus

Common ostrich, Struthio camelus. Ostrich. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from The Natural History of Birds, published by Brightly and Childs, Bungay, Suffolk, 1815

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Rhesus macaque, Macaca mulatta (Simia rhesus)

Rhesus macaque, Macaca mulatta (Simia rhesus), and detail of its distinctive tail. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx, female

Mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx, female

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Hand colored botanical engraving Pulsatilla vulgaris (pasque flower, pasqueflower)

Hand colored botanical engraving Pulsatilla vulgaris (pasque flower, pasqueflower)

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: French gentleman in top hat, long coat with horizontal pockets

French gentleman in top hat, long coat with horizontal pockets, boots. Redingote a poches horizontales

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: French woman wearing the fashion of December 1790

French woman wearing the fashion of December 1790 French woman wearing the fashion of December 1790. She wears a liberty cap, full wig, striped bodice over full petticoat, and holds a large fur muff

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Young girls playing croquet, WWI

Young girls playing croquet, WWI. They wear short pinafore dresses, cloche caps, ankle socks and shoes. One in a short carrick cape or coachman's coat

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: French woman wearing the fashion of July 1792

French woman wearing the fashion of July 1792. She wears a bonnet with ribbons and bows, wig, fichu (neckerchief), fitted bodice dress with ribbon hem

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Fashionable woman in an ankle-length cerise dress with lace collar

Fashionable woman in an ankle-length cerise dress with lace collar, embroidered panels, matching sash

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: French woman wearing the fashion of March 1792

French woman wearing the fashion of March 1792 French woman wearing the fashion of March 1792

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: French gentleman with wide-brim top hat

French gentleman with wide-brim top hat, riding coat with velvet collar, grey American-style trousers, boots, holding a riding crop

Background imageHandcoloured Collection: Style dresses in taffetas. Fichu

Style dresses in taffetas. Fichu, sleeve and skirt garniture formed of flounces, edged with cered ribbon, corselet belt with back bow of contrasting taffetas 12


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