Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations

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The collection consists of representative images from more than 150 botanical and ornithological books, printed between 1499 and 1920, and including many of the landmark works in each field. The books are from the Ethelinda Schaefer Castle Collection.

Collection Guide for the Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
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Title:
Haematops (Swainson)
Description:
Latin name: Haematops lunulatus
Date:
1837
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
Title:
Limonia
Description:
Limonia
Date:
1614
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
Title:
Shining Cuckoo
Description:
Full caption: "The Shining Cuckoo. Chrysococcyx lucidus. (With Young Cuckoo in Warbler's Nest.)"
Date:
1888
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
Magnificent Medinill
Title:
Magnificent Medinill
Description:
Latin name: Medinilla magnifica
Date:
1850 - 1853
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
Pyony
Title:
Pyony
Description:
Full caption: "The Pyony must be increased by parting the Roots when the Leaves are decayed; there are the Double-red, the Double-Flesh colour, the Double-white, and the Male and Female Pyonies."
Date:
1747
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
Grandala coelicolor
Title:
Grandala coelicolor
Description:
Illustration is 7/10 subject's natural size
Date:
1877
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
Thaumalea amherstiae
Title:
Thaumalea amherstiae
Description:
Illustration is 1/5 subject's natural size
Date:
1877
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
Drymoda picta
Title:
Drymoda picta
Description:
Illustration includes labels below each subject: "A. Oberonia rufilabris. B. Oberonia Griffithiana. C. Drymoda picta."
Date:
1838
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
Phaius bicolor
Title:
Phaius bicolor
Description:
Lithograph of an orchid
Date:
1838
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
Rhododendron lanatum
Title:
Rhododendron lanatum
Description:
Common name: Woolly Rhododendron
Date:
1849
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
Cycnoches chlorochilon
Title:
Cycnoches chlorochilon
Description:
Lithograph of an orchid
Date:
1838
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
October
Title:
October
Description:
Lower register of page lists 31 flowers included in the illustration
Date:
1734
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
August
Title:
August
Description:
Lower register of page lists 34 flowers included in the illustration
Date:
1734
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
June
Title:
June
Description:
Lower register of page lists 34 flowers included in the illustration
Date:
1734
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
Trochilus verticeps
Title:
Trochilus verticeps
Description:
Lithograph of a hummingbird
Date:
1848 - 1852
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
Free Rock-rose
Title:
Free Rock-rose
Description:
Full caption: "Cistus arborescens, duplicato crenatum; Free Rock-rose with a Double Crenated Leaf" ; Latin name: Cistus
Date:
1775
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
Scorzonera or Vipers-grass
Title:
Scorzonera or Vipers-grass
Description:
Latin name: Scorzonera and Viperaria
Date:
1782
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
Duchess of Leuchtenber's Aracari
Title:
Duchess of Leuchtenber's Aracari
Description:
Latin name: Pteroglossus mariae
Date:
1855
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
Pied Wagtail
Title:
Pied Wagtail
Description:
Latin name: Motacilla lugubris; Caption in letterpress on guardsheet accompanying plate
Date:
1907
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations
Le Creep Tulip
Title:
Le Creep Tulip
Description:
Full caption: "Le Creep Tulip. Came from France where it was rais'd from Seed. It will Variegate into Beautiful stripes of several Colours. See its Culture Plate 1."
Date:
1747
Collection:
Castle Collection of Natural History Illustrations

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