FLO4611423: Primevere officinale ou brerelle, poppy or cuckoo - Lithography, illustration by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1885) edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), from the “Dictionary of Natural Sciences” by Antoine de Jussieu (1686-1758) - Cowslip, Primula veris - Handcoloured copperplate engraving, illustration by J. G. Priest ( 1780-1845), directed by P. J.F. Turpin, from Jussieu's “” Dictionary of Natural Science,”” Paris, 1837 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4611499: Tamarin labie (Saguinus labiatus) and common saimiri or squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) - Lithography, illustration by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1885) edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), extracted from the “Dictionary of Natural Sciences” by Antoine de Jussieu (1686-1758) - Tamarin and squirrel monkey - Handcoloured copperplate engraving, illustration by J. G. Pretre (1780-1845), directed by P. J.F. Turpin, from Jussieu's “Dictionary of Natural Science,”” Paris, 1837 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4611411: Pistachier commun ou vrai - Lithography, illustration by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1885) edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), extracted from the “dictionary of natural sciences” by Antoine de Jussieu (1686-1758) - Pistachio, Pistacia vera - Handcoloured copperplate engraving, illustration by J. G. Pretre (1780-1845), directed by P. J.F Turpin, from Jussieu's “” Dictionary of Natural Science,”” Paris, 1837 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4609972: Butterflies: Hesperia of the quackgrass or acteon and soda plant brulee. Lithograph by John Curtis (1791-1862) published in “British Entomology”, a collection of 770 illustrations and descriptions of insects from Great Britain, London, England, 1824 to 1839. Hesperia actaeon, Thymelicus acteon, Lulworth Skipper, and prickly glasswort, Salsola kali. Handcoloured copperplate by John Curtis (1791-1862) for his own “” British Entomology, 770 Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland,” London, from 1824 to 1839. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4609984: Coleoptere variete dermestis and plant of officinal cynoglosses or dog tongue. Lithograph by John Curtis (1791-1862) published in “British Entomology”, a collection of 770 illustrations and descriptions of British insects, London, England, 1824 to 1839. Aspidophorus orbiculatus, Orbicular Dermestes beetle and common hounds-tongue. Handcoloured copperplate by John Curtis (1791-1862) for his own “” British Entomology, 770 Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland,” London, from 1824 to 1839. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4610098: Insect, coleoptere, hister with four spots and ornithogale with a pennel. Lithograph by John Curtis (1791-1862) published in “British Entomology”, a collection of 770 illustrations and descriptions of British insects, London, England, 1824 to 1839. Hister quadrimaculatus, Lunar-spotted Mimic beetle, and common bethlehem star, Ornithogalum umbellatum. Handcoloured copperplate by John Curtis (1791-1862) for his own “” British Entomology, 770 Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland,” London, from 1824 to 1839. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4610389: Yellow gaillet or yellow milk quail. Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Ladies bed straw, Galium verum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis's “” Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth,”” 1805. Edwards (1768-1819) was the artist of thousands of botanical plates for Curtis' “” Botanical Magazine”” and his own “” Botanical Register.””, Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4610428: Corolla: field edge (flower has a single petal), lily (hexapetal) and lily (polypetal). Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Corolla examples: monopetalous bindweed Convolvulus arvensis, hexapetala lily Lilium and polypetala waterlily Nymphaea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis's “” Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth,”” 1805. Edwards (1768-1819) was the artist of thousands of botanical plates for Curtis' “” Botanical Magazine”” and his own “” Botanical Register.””, Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4610592: Yellow toad flax or snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus, Angiospermia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis' Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth, 1805., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4610673: Rockcap fern or polypody, Polypodium vulgare, Filices. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis' Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth, 1805., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4610617: Blue succory or common chicory, Cichorium intybus, Polygamia aequalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis' Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth, 1805., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4612900: Common swift, Apus apus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own “Natural History of British Birds,” London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and engraver. He wrote and illustrated a series of volumes on birds, fish, shells and insects, opened his own museum of natural history in London, but later he fell on hard times and died penniless., Donovan, Edward (1768-1837) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4613337: Grey heron, Ardea cinerea. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own “Natural History of British Birds,” London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and engraver. He wrote and illustrated a series of volumes on birds, fish, shells and insects, opened his own museum of natural history in London, but later he fell on hard times and died penniless., Donovan, Edward (1768-1837) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4613475: Eurasian Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium passerinum. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own “Natural History of British Birds,” London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and engraver. He wrote and illustrated a series of volumes on birds, fish, shells and insects, opened his own museum of natural history in London, but later he fell on hard times and died penniless., Donovan, Edward (1768-1837) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4615159: Dotted rustic, Rhyacia simulans 1, Calodesma collaris 2, Brachyglene caenea 3, barred yellow, Cidaria fulvata 4, Noctua Calyptra lugubris 5, and Acontia margaritata 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's “” Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,”” Bohn, London, 1837. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4615678: Hunter's butterfly, Pyrameis huntera 1, orange-tip butterfly, Pieris (Thestias) pyrene? 2, and grey pansy butterfly, Junonia atlites 3. Illustration drawn and engraved by Moses Harris. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's “” Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,”” Bohn, London, 1837. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4615364: Elater beetles: Tetralobus flabellicornis 1, Agrypnus quadrimaculatus 2, Cardiophorus? pictus 3, Semiotus ligneus 4, Semiotus suturalis 5, and Chalcolepidus porcatus 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's “” Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,”” Bohn, London, 1837. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4615503: Tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta 1, nine-spotted moth, Amata phegea 2, Cosmosoma fenestrata 3, and pink-spotted hawkmoth or sweetpotato hornworm, Agrius cingulata, 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's “” Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,”” Bohn, London, 1837. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4615619: Opsilia coerulescens beetle 1, painted clytus, Clytus pictus 2, longhorn beetle, Elaphidion irroratum 3, Elaphidion spinicorne 4, Saperda carcharias 5, and oak borer, Enaphalodes atomarius 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's “” Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,”” Bohn, London, 1837. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4615647: Mydas fly, Mydas clavatus 1, horsefly, Tabanus americanus 2,3, digger wasp, Sphex jamaicensis 4, scoliid wasp, Scolia fossulana 5, and black and yellow mud dauber, Sceliphron caementarium imago 6, cocoon 7, imago taken out of cocoon 8. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's “” Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,”” Bohn, London, 1837. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4615702: Common brown morpho, Antirrhea philoctetes (Haetera philoctetes) 1,2, wing 3, common falsehead butterfly, Oxylides faunus (Thecla faunus) female 4,5, ventral and dorsal views. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's “” Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,”” Bohn, London, 1837. / Bridgeman Images