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

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

Worming, Belmont Farm for girls, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Worming, Belmont Farm for girls, between c1910 and c1915

Picking worms from plants, Belmont girls farm, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Picking worms from plants, Belmont girls farm, between c1910 and c1915

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

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

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

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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