Collector Collection (page 24)

Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859) English botanist, plant collector and ornithologist, born near Settle Yorkshire. He worked in America from 1810-1842. Engraving 1896

I Look for Butterflies that Sleep Among the Wheat Postcard by Charles Folkard, Based on Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. ca

Wildlife expedition in Africa, 1880s C017 / 6835
Wildlife expedition in Africa. 19th-century artwork of the loading and departure of a wildlife collecting expedition in Africa

Petri dish and cell sampling brush F008 / 2059
Petri dish and cell sampling brush

Brian Houghton Hodgson, naturalist C016 / 5895
Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894), British naturalist. Photographed in 1860, aged 60. Plate 1 from the collection made by Brian Houghton Hodgson, a ethnologist

Scavenger, Canada, 1966 C017 / 9391
Scavenger, Canada, 1966. Man pulling a cart laden with waste paper and cardboard collected from the streets. Photographed in Toronto, Canada, in 1966

Plesiosaurus marine reptile, fossil skull C016 / 5204
Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus marine reptile, fossil skull. This is the head and neck of this plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile

Harry Bolus, South African botanist C016 / 5045
Harry Bolus (1834-1911), South African botanist. Bolus arrived in the Cape Colony (now South Africa) from Nottingham, England, in 1950 to assist with botanical collecting

Dimorphodon macronyx, pterosaur fossil C016 / 5031
Dimorphodon macronyx, pterosaur fossil. This specimen shows the skull and lower jaw of this giant flying reptile (pterosaur) that lived during the Lower Jurassic period

Sir Hans Sloane, British naturalist C016 / 5012
Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), British naturalist. Sloane, a practising physician, built up large collections, including many plants brought back to Britain from the West Indies in 1689

Henry Doubleday, British naturalist C016 / 5000
Henry Doubleday (1808-1875), British naturalist, ornithologist and entomologist. Doubledays works include Nomenclature of British Birds (1836) and Synonymic List of British Lepidoptera

Athene blewitti, forest owlet
Donated to the Museum in 1954 by Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, it was discovered that he had in fact stolen the specimen from the Museum and changed its label

Letter from A. R. Wallace to his mother, 28 May 1854
Page 2 of a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his mother about sending beetles to his agent Mr Stevens, future travel plans and his daily routine as a collector, dated May 1854

Bubalus bubalis, Indian water buffalo
These are the largest Indian water buffalo horns ever recorded, each almost 2 metres long

Mary Anning (actress)
An actress at the Natural History Museum playing the part of Mary Anning, the famous fossil collector from Lyme Regis, England

Charles Hazelius Sternberg (1850-1943)
Portrait of Charles Hazelius Sterrnberg, an American fossil collector and amateur paleontologist

Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus: Head only
From the Lower Jurassic, Lyme Regis, Dorset. This specimen is the first articulated plesiosaur ever found and one of Mary Annings greatest discoveries

Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus: Head and neck
From the Lower Jurassic, Lyme Regis, Dorset. This specimen is the first articulated plesiosaur ever found and one of Mary Annings greatest discoveries

Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus skeleton
From the Lower Jurassic, Lyme Regis, Dorset. This is the first articulated plesiosaur ever found and one of Mary Annings greatest discoveries. Length 2.9 meters

Various beetles and arachnids
Drawer of a selection of various entomological specimens from the Sloane Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)
Portrait of Brian Houghton Hodgson, taken in 1860, aged 60. Plate 1 from the collection made by Brian Houghton Hodgson, a ethnologist

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911)
Youngest son of the botanist and professor William Jackson Hooker. Joseph Dalton Hooke, became an established botanist, plant collector and traveller

Prionotus miles, Galapagos gurnard
Fish collected by Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Islands. From his Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle

Asio flammeus galapagoensis, short-eared owl
Plate, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from Charles Robert Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, Part 3 Birds, (1838-41)

Homonota darwini and Naultinuselegans, two species of lizar

Buteo galapagoensis, Galapagos hawk
Plate, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from Charles Robert Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, Part 3 Birds, (1838-41)

Temnodontosaurus platyodon (Conybeare)
The skull of Temnodontosaurus platyodon, an Ichthyosaurus which lived between 201 and 194 million years ago in the Lower Jurassic. It was discovered by Mary Annings brother in 1811 in Lyme Regis

Dimorphodon macronyx
The fossil skull and lower jaw belonging to Dimorphodon macronyx. It was a giant flying reptile, or Pterosaur that lived during the Lower Jurassic period

Specimens from the Cocos-Keeling Atol
Coral specimens collected by Charles Darwin (1809-1882) during the Voyage of the Beagle in the Indian Ocean

Poem by Mary Anning (1799-1871)
Encomium Murchisonaum, a poem written c. 1840s by Mary Anning in honour of the geologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871). Page 2 of 3

Skull of Toxodon platensis
Three-quarters view. Skull length is 66 cms. Pleistocene specimen collected by Charles Darwin near Montevideo, Uraguay during the voyage of the Beagle 1832-1836

Foot of Macrauchenia patachonica
Maximum dimension 30.5 cms. Pleistocene specimen collected by Charles Darwin in Argentina during the voyage of the Beagle 1832-1836

Poems by Mary Anning (1799-1871)
Encomium Murchisonaum, a poem written c. 1840 s. Page 3 of 3. The Complaint of a sunbeam against Dr Faraday, written in honour of the English physicist and chemist Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

John Reeves (1774-1856)
Portrait of John Reeves, a British naturalist. Miniature oil painting, artist unknown, c. 1815. Original held at the Natural History Museum, London

FORTUNY, Mariano (1838-1874). Engraving Collector. 1863. Work painted in Rome. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Barcelona. National Art Museum of Catalonia

Jacopo Strada
Tiziano Vecello, also called Titian (1490-1576). Portrait of Jacopo Strada, antiquarian, art collector and writer, presenting a small statue - a Roman copy of an Aphrodite of Praxiteles

Oregon, Astoria. Old car

Title page of An Examination of the Presidents Reply to the New Haven Remonstrance, 1801
NEW HAVEN REMONSTRANCE. Title page of An Examination of the Presidents Reply to the New Haven Remonstrance, 1801. In the New Haven Remonstrance

Stocks of fire brigade hose fittings, LFB HQ workshops
An assortment of pump collector heads, hose adapters and suction hoses on the floor of the London Fire Brigade workshops at Lambeth

NEW YORK: RAG-PICKERS. Rag-pickers who have been placed under arrest gathered in City Hall Park, New York. Wood engraving, 1867

RAGMAN, 19th CENTURY. Line engraving, French, after Charles-Joseph Travies de Villers (1804-1859)

Sir John Soanes Museum, 1864
Sir John Soanes Museum at Lincoln Inn Fields, 1864. Victorian visitors admire the Monks Parlour. 1864

Samuel Boddington
SAMUEL BODDINGTON Noted English collector with his autograph Date: 1767 - 1843

JOHN LEE Scientist and collector with his autograph Date: 1783 - 1866

Boildieu and Paintings
FRANCOIS ADRIEN BOIELDIEU The French musician is also an assiduous art collector, and draws this caricature of himself returning home with the days catch. Date: 1775 - 1834

The receiver of taxes, 16th century
French citizens arrive to pay taxes to the tax receiver. Date: 16th Century

Poster, Your Waste Paper is Urgently Needed Now
Wartime salvage poster, Your Waste Paper is Urgently Needed Now, save it for the collector when he calls. 1940s

Charles Humbert with munitions for Verdun, France
Charles Humbert (1866-1927), French army captain, tax collector, senator and newspaper proprietor. Seen here with piles of munitions destined for Verdun, France, during the First World War

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"Unearthing Treasures: The Life of a Passionate Collector" Step into the world of a collector, where history comes alive through artifacts and memories. Meet Mary Anning (1799-1847), an unsung hero who unearthed ancient fossils that changed our understanding of prehistoric life. As you wander further, your eyes catch sight of a rusting 1931 Ford pickup truck sitting in a field under an oak tree. A relic from the past, it whispers stories of long-forgotten journeys and hardworking hands. A Southern Railway poster advertising Ramsgate, 1939 (colour lithograph) transports you to an era when travel was filled with excitement and elegance. The Weald of Kent beckons with its vibrant colors in another Southern Railway advertising poster. Venturing deeper into the collection, Clynderwen Railway Station in Pembrokeshire, South Wales emerges as a testament to the once-thriving railway industry that connected communities across vast landscapes. Turning your attention to artistry, "A Cognocenti Contemplating Ye Beauties of Ye Antique, " published by Hannah Humphrey captures the essence of connoisseurs appreciating timeless masterpieces – reminding us that beauty transcends time. Henry Walter Bates (1825-1892), an intrepid explorer known for his studies on mimicry among Amazonian butterflies adds another layer to this eclectic collection. His discoveries shed light on nature's intricate adaptations. The great auk (Pinguinus impennis) stands tall as both majestic and tragic; its extinction serves as a poignant reminder to protect Earth's precious biodiversity. In Seattle, Washington State lies a classic German automobile - an emblematic symbol representing engineering excellence and automotive nostalgia amidst modernity's hustle and bustle. Beckford / Fonthill Abbey takes center stage with its architectural grandeur; it echoes the opulence sought after by those captivated by historical estates.