A Guide to the Exhibition Rooms of the Departments of Natural History and Antiquitiesorder of the Trustees, 1877 - 156 pages |
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... specimens of ornamental and curious binding . * From the Grenville library the visitor proceeds to the Manuscript Saloon , where selections of manuscripts , charters , autographs , and seals are arranged for inspection . The visitor ...
... specimens of ornamental and curious binding . * From the Grenville library the visitor proceeds to the Manuscript Saloon , where selections of manuscripts , charters , autographs , and seals are arranged for inspection . The visitor ...
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British Museum (Natural History). | 1 DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY . The collection of specimens selected.
British Museum (Natural History). | 1 DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY . The collection of specimens selected.
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... specimens are labelled with the scientific name , the English name when they have one , the country whence they come , and , when they have been presented , with the name of the donor . The General Collection of MAMMALS , or Beasts ...
... specimens are labelled with the scientific name , the English name when they have one , the country whence they come , and , when they have been presented , with the name of the donor . The General Collection of MAMMALS , or Beasts ...
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... specimens of the Hippopotamus in different stages of growth ; the Indian Elephant , which is easily tamed and , when domesticated , one of the most useful animals in its native country ; a young specimen of the African Elephant , a ...
... specimens of the Hippopotamus in different stages of growth ; the Indian Elephant , which is easily tamed and , when domesticated , one of the most useful animals in its native country ; a young specimen of the African Elephant , a ...
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... specimens of the Wild Cattle and Buffaloes of Europe , Africa and Asia ; by the Eland , the largest kind of Antelopes acclimatized in England and Ireland ; by the Elk , the most bulky species of Deer , inhabiting North America and some ...
... specimens of the Wild Cattle and Buffaloes of Europe , Africa and Asia ; by the Eland , the largest kind of Antelopes acclimatized in England and Ireland ; by the Elk , the most bulky species of Deer , inhabiting North America and some ...
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Page 25 - Hudson, from an original by Richardson. Oliver Cromwell, by Walker (bequeathed, 1784, by Sir Robert Rich, Bart., to whose great-grandfather, Nathaniel Rich, Esq., then serving as a Colonel of Horse in the Parliament Army, it was presented by Cromwell himself). Mary Davis, an inhabitant of Great Saughall in Cheshire, taken 1668, "cetatis 74...
Page 144 - Inscriptions in the Phoenician Character, discovered on the site of Carthage, during Researches by Nathan Davis, Esq., 1856-58. 1863, fol. £1 5*.
Page 95 - Part of a series of sculptures which originally lined the two walls of a long narrow gallery, leading, by an inclined plane, from Kouyunjik towards the Tigris.
Page 96 - The next six (Nos. 51-56) formed originally part of a series illustrating the architectural works of that king, including, probably, the construction of the very edifice from which the slabs were obtained. On Nos. 51 and 52 is seen the conveyance of a colossal human-headed bull, lying sideways on a sledge, which is propelled, over wooden rollers, partly by ropes in front, partly by a lever behind. On one side...
Page 83 - Greeks heroon, and so greatly excelled all other sepulchral monuments in size, beauty of design, and richness of decoration, that it was reckoned one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, and the name Mausoleum came to be applied to all similar monuments.
Page 138 - Pelion, and Thetis consenting to be the bride of Peleus, in the presence of Poseidon and Eros. On the bottom of the vase, which is detached, is a bust of Atys.