Invertebrate Collection

Patience in a Punt, 1811. 1811. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Patience in a Punt, 1811

Insects, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Insects, c1910. Insects, invertebrates with exoskeletons, are the most diverse group of animals, over 90% of all animal life forms on Earth are insects

Natural History Ensemble (No. 15), 1596-1610. Creators: Elias Verhulst, Anselmus de Boodt
Natural History Ensemble (No. 15), 1596-1610. Commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II

Pineapple (Ananas comosus) with a centipede and a millipede, 1596-1610. Creators: Anselmus de Boodt, Elias Verhulst
Pineapple (Ananas comosus) with a centipede and a millipede, 1596-1610. Commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II

Tawara Toda Protecting the Dragon's Daughter from the Giant Millipede, 1865. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Tawara Toda Protecting the Dragon's Daughter from the Giant Millipede, 1865. From One Hundred Ghost Tales from China and Japan

Cuttlefish and Gorita, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Cuttlefish and Gorita, 1785. Sepia loligo'. Two colour drawings, and a sketch of an octopus-like creature. With inscriptions. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 238

Insects and Fruit, c.1653-c.1661. Creator: Jan van Kessel
Insects and Fruit, c.1653-c.1661. Other Title(s): Sprig of White Currant with Insects

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LV, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LV, c. 1575/1580

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LI, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LI, c. 1575/1580

Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra): Plate LXX, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra): Plate LXX, c. 1575/1580

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LIV, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LIV, c. 1575/1580

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXXI, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXXI, c. 1575/1580

Recovering the Stolen Jewel from the Palace of the Dragon King, 1853

Giant fossil ammonite
A 70cm diameter fossil ammonite embedded in limestone, from Portland Stone Quarries in Dorset

Four Caterpillars and a Snail, 1646. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Four Caterpillars and a Snail, 1646

The Jeweled Chaplet, ca. 1845-46. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
The Jeweled Chaplet, ca. 1845-46

The Geological Lecture Room, Oxford: Dr. William Buckland Lecturing on February 15, 1823, 1823-30

Worm on Green Leaved Plant. Creator: Shibata Zeshin
Worm on Green Leaved Plant

Floor paintings in the palace at Tiryns, Greece, (1928). Creator: Unknown
Floor paintings in the palace at Tiryns, Greece, (1928). Part view of the floor painting in the so-called small Megaron; two patterns from the floor painting, about 1400-1200 B.C

Mollusca, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Mollusca, c1910. Molluscs are invertebrate animals and marine organisms, highly diverse, in size and anatomical structure, also in behaviour and habitat

The Table d Hote- Water, I do declare, - with Worms in it, 1838. Artist
The Table d Ho te- Water, I do declare, - with Worms in it, 1838. Scene depicting one of the humorous adventures of Mr Jorrocks

Various Insects and Reptiles of Different Parts of the World. Artist: W Grainger
Various Insects and Reptiles of Different Parts of the World. Scorpion, rattle snake, locust, crocodile, centipede, elephant beetle, worm, moth, butterfly, spider, Horn Serpent

Jean Henri Fabre, French entomologist, 1880. Fabre (1823-1915) examining specimens through a magnifying glass. He wrote numerous books on the anatomy and behaviour of insects

Insects, 1911. Artist: L Patriarche
Insects, 1911. Reverse of a plaquette commemorating French entomologist Jean Henri Fabre (1823-1915), who wrote numerous books on the anatomy and behaviour of insects

Jean Henri Fabre, French entomologist, 1911. Artist: L Patriarche
Jean Henri Fabre, French entomologist, 1911. Fabre (1823-1915) examining specimens through a magnifying glass. He wrote numerous books on the anatomy and behaviour of insects

Kingfisher and worm (Alcedo atthis)

Jean-Henri Fabre, French entomologist, c1890-1915
Jean-Henri Fabre, French entomologist, c early 20th century. Fabre (1823-1915), author of numerous books on the anatomy and behaviour of insects

Jean-Henri Fabre, French entomologist, c early 20th century. Fabre (1823-1915), author of numerous books on the anatomy and behaviour of insects, in his study at Serignan, Vaucluse, France

Cover of a booklet on entomology, 1933. Cover of a booklet on the work of French entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915)

Man is but a Worm, cartoon from Punch showing evolution from worm to man, 1881
Man is but a Worm, cartoon from Punch showing evolution from worm to man watched by Charles Darwin (1802-1882), London, 6 December 1881

Pope Leo X supervising the burning of Martin Luthors books, 1521
Woodcut of Pope LEO X (Giovanni de Medici 1475-1521, Pope from 1513) supervising the burning of Martin Luthers books after the first Diet of Worms, 1521

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