Drawing Conclusions - The Impact of Art on Natural History

This gallery of images has been selected from the art collections in the Library at The Natural History Museum. It highlights the contributions that artwork has made to our understanding of the natural world through the last four centuries.

To find out more about these artists, their exciting stories and the impact their artwork had, click on the images below.

Carica
Georg Ehret

Penguin
Johann Forster

Hibiscus
Sydney Parkinson

Butterflies
Gerrit Lambertz

Minerals
Francois Swebach

Echidna
Artist unknown

Copper Ores
Thomas Underwood

Tortoise
James Sowerby

Banksia
Ferdinand Bauer

Common Carp
Artist unknown

Nautiloids
Alice Woodward

Pig-footed Bandicoots
John Gould

Aepyornis
Maurice Wilson

Mosquito
Amedeo Terzi

Geranium
Arthur Church

Spider
Michael Roberts

Pigeon
George Raper

Aye-aye
Joseph Wolf

Strelitzia
Franz Bauer

Giant Sphinx Moth
Edith Blake