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Greater Collection (page 7)

"Exploring the Greater: From Rochdale to Romiley, a journey through time and places" Step back in time to 1906 as we uncover the hidden gems of Rochdale

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater yellow-legs, semipalmated sandpiper and spotted

Greater yellow-legs, semipalmated sandpiper and spotted
Greater yellow-legs, Tringa melanoleuca 1, semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla 2, and spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius 3

Background imageGreater Collection: Fish hawk or osprey, Pandion haliaetus

Fish hawk or osprey, Pandion haliaetus. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania, E.K

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater argonaut and winged argonaut octopus

Greater argonaut and winged argonaut octopus
Greater argonaut octopus, Argonauta argo 1, and winged argonaut, Argonauta hians 2. Polpo navigatore degli Antichi, Polpo di Cranch

Background imageGreater Collection: Blue field madder, Sherardia arvensis

Blue field madder, Sherardia arvensis, Sherarde des champs. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Background imageGreater Collection: Quill moss or false fern moss, Cyathophorum bulbosum

Quill moss or false fern moss, Cyathophorum bulbosum, native to Australia. Leskea pennata, Hookeria pennata. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario

Background imageGreater Collection: Bayberry, Morella pubescens

Bayberry, Morella pubescens
Bayberry, bay-rum tree, candleberry, sweet gale or wax-myrtle, Morella pubescens. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Background imageGreater Collection: Fossils of extinct coral

Fossils of extinct coral. Chenendopora fungiformis 1, Chrysaora damaecornis 2, sponge, Eudea clavata 3, stony coral, Lochmaeosmilia radiata 4, tabulate coral, Favosites alcyon 5

Background imageGreater Collection: Iiwi and greater double-collared sunbird

Iiwi and greater double-collared sunbird
Iiwi, Vestiaria coccinea 1, and greater double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris afer 2. Melitretto propriamente detto o scarlatto, Cinniride a placca rossa

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater plantain, Plantago major

Greater plantain, Plantago major. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Background imageGreater Collection: Green spoonworm, Bonellia viridis. Bonellia verde

Green spoonworm, Bonellia viridis. Bonellia verde. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater amberjack, Seriola dumerili

Greater amberjack, Seriola dumerili, Seriola di Dumeril. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

Background imageGreater Collection: Illuminated calendar for February 1846

Illuminated calendar for February 1846
Calendar for February with figures of David and St. Andrew, quote from Romans, disciples, birds, fish and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Background imageGreater Collection: Advert, James Smith & Sons, Baby Carriages

Advert, James Smith & Sons, Baby Carriages
Advert, James Smith & Sons, the largest, best, and cheapest makers of Bassinette Baby Carriages, Mail Carts and Invalid Chairs in Bristol and the West of England. 1893

Background imageGreater Collection: Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, stirring the sugar cream

Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, stirring the sugar cream. 1893

Background imageGreater Collection: Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, rolling chocolate

Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, rolling chocolate. 1893

Background imageGreater Collection: Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, roasting the cocoa

Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, roasting the cocoa. 1893

Background imageGreater Collection: Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, putting cocoa into packets

Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, putting cocoa into packets
Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, women putting cocoa into packets. 1893

Background imageGreater Collection: Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, packing chocolate

Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, packing chocolate
Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, women packing chocolate. 1893

Background imageGreater Collection: Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, mixing pans

Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, mixing pans. 1893

Background imageGreater Collection: Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, hydraulic presses

Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, hydraulic presses for extracting cocoa butter. 1893

Background imageGreater Collection: Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, grinding chocolate

Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, grinding chocolate. 1893

Background imageGreater Collection: Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, Cocoa Plantation, Sri Lanka

Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, Cocoa Plantation, Sri Lanka
Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, Cocoa Plantation, Ceylon Sri Lanka. 1893

Background imageGreater Collection: Wardley Hall (The Skull House), near Manchester

Wardley Hall (The Skull House), near Manchester (completed c.1500) - an early medieval manor house and a Grade I listed building in the Wardley area of Worsley, Salford, in Greater Manchester

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater pipefish and Sargassum pipefish

Greater pipefish and Sargassum pipefish
Greater pipefish, Syngnathus acus 54, and Sargassum pipefish, Syngnathus pelagicus 55, 56. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater bilby and pig-footed bandicoot (extinct)

Greater bilby and pig-footed bandicoot (extinct)
Greater bilby, Macrotis lagotis (Parameles lagotis) 1, and pig-footed bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus (Choeropus castanotis) extinct 2. Handcoloured steel engraving by H.S

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater argonaut octopus, Argonaut argo

Greater argonaut octopus, Argonaut argo
Greater argonaut octopus or paper nautilus, Argonaut argo, female in its shell and without its shell. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater scaup duck, Aythya marila, female

Greater scaup duck, Aythya marila, female (White-faced duck, Anas fraenata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater water plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica

Greater water plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alisma plantago). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater knapweed, Centaurea scabiosa

Greater knapweed, Centaurea scabiosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1792

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater periwinkle, Vinca major

Greater periwinkle, Vinca major. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1797

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater tooth-wort, Lathraea squamaria

Greater tooth-wort, Lathraea squamaria. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1792

Background imageGreater Collection: Back of the original altar of St. Bartholomew

Back of the original altar of St. Bartholomew
North-east view of the back of the original altar of St. Bartholomew the Greater, built 1102. Door to charnel house at right

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater Martinique skink and extinct galliwasp

Greater Martinique skink and extinct galliwasp
Greater Martinique skink, Mabuya mabouya (mabouya skink, Lacerta mabouya) and extinct galliwasp, Celestus occiduus (Australasian galliwasp, Lacerta occidua)

Background imageGreater Collection: Unkown lizard and bar-lipped sheen-skink

Unkown lizard and bar-lipped sheen-skink
Unknown species of American lizard (long-tailed scink, Lacerta longicauda) and bar-lipped sheen-skink, Eugongylus rufescens (greater scink, Lacerta rufescens)

Background imageGreater Collection: Ostrich, bustard, cassowary and rhea

Ostrich, bustard, cassowary and rhea
Ostrich c, Struthio camelus, great bustard a, Otis tarda, southern cassowary b, Casuarius casuarius, and greater rhea d, Rhea americana

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater butterfly-orchid, Platanthera chlorantha

Greater butterfly-orchid, Platanthera chlorantha. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater bulldog bat, Noctilio leporinus

Greater bulldog bat, Noctilio leporinus. Vespertilio leporinus Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Nussbiegel from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers Animal Illustrations after Nature

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater spear-nosed bat, Phyllostomus hastatus

Greater spear-nosed bat, Phyllostomus hastatus. Javelin bat, Vespertilio haftatus Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Sebastian Leitner after an illustration by Jacques de Seve

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater spot-nosed monkey or putty-nosed monkey

Greater spot-nosed monkey or putty-nosed monkey, Cercopithecus nictitans. Simia nictitans Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Nussbiegel from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers Animal

Background imageGreater Collection: Horseshoe and Egyptian bat heads

Horseshoe and Egyptian bat heads
Bat heads. Horseshoe bat, greater horseshoe bat, lesser horseshoe bat, Commersons leaf-nosed bat, Schneiders roundleaf bat, diadem horseshoe bat, Egyptian slit-faced bat

Background imageGreater Collection: Squirrelfish and greater weever

Squirrelfish and greater weever
Squirrelfish, Holocentrus adscensionis 1, and greater weever, Trachinus draco 3, and head of the great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda 2

Background imageGreater Collection: Mudpuppy and greater siren

Mudpuppy and greater siren
Mudpuppy, Necturus maculosus (Menobranchus lateralis), and greater siren, Siren lacertina. Handcolored engraving by Visto after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus

Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus. Handcoloured engraving by Clerge and Lalaisse after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris afer

Greater double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris afer (Red-bellied creeper, Certhia erythrogastra). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater striped swallow, Hirundo cucullata

Greater striped swallow, Hirundo cucullata (Cape swallow, Hirundo capensis). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater burdock with moth

Greater burdock with moth
Greater burdock, Arctium lappa plant, with moth, caterpillar and pupa LXIII. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Maria Sibylla Merian from De Europischen Insecten, J.F. Bernard, Amsterdam. 1730

Background imageGreater Collection: Stinking iris, Iris foetidissima, and greater

Stinking iris, Iris foetidissima, and greater burdock, Arctium lappa. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageGreater Collection: St. Barbaras herb, Barbarea vulgaris

St. Barbaras herb, Barbarea vulgaris, and greater celandine, Chelidonium majus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt




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