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Items Being Borrowed by Museums Victoria from the Natural History Items being borrowed by Museums Victoria from the Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom for inclusion in the exhibition Treasures of the Natural World at Melbourne Museum, 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton, Australia, 23 March to 11 October 2020 MUSEUMSVICTORIA MV IDLender ID Object Image Provenance Information Height Length Width Depth Unit LN 67674TNW004 Tea Sample from China, ca. 1700 (Camellia sinensis) Object: Tea sample from China, ca. 1700 (Camellia sinensis). Tea leaves in an 44 113 71 mm [TNW004] original box from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. Featured in Ellis & al., Empire of Tea (fig. on p. 6; text pp. 7-8. 2015). Date and place the item was acquired by the NHM: 1753. Where possible the date and place the item was acquired by the immediately previous owner: collected by James Cuninghame and acquired by Sir Hans Sloane. LN 67849TNW005 Dry Specimen - Pine Cone (Pinus pinea) [TNW005] Dry Specimen: Pine cone (Pinus pinea). Date and place the item was acquired 65 72 113 mm by the NHM: 1753. Where possible the date and place the item was acquired by the immediately previous owner: n/a. LN 67787TNW011 Dry Specimen - Seed (Entada rheedii) [TNW011] Dry Specimen: Seed (Entada rheedii). Date and place the item was acquired by 40 40 40 mm the NHM: 1753. Where possible the date and place the item was acquired by the immediately previous owner: ca. 1700, unknown location, Sir Hans Sloane Collection. Collected by George Garden of Aberdeen. Museums Victoria MV IDLender ID Object Image Provenance Information Height Length Width Depth Unit LN 67747TNW013.4 Herbarium Sheet - Specimen Emerging from Ornate Urn, Herbarium Sheet: Single herbarium sheet with the specimen mounted to look like 425 280 mm single (Daucus carota) [TNW013.4] it is emerging from an ornate urn (Daucus carota). One of a collection of 3461 dried plants from the herbarium of George Clifford (1685-1760) which he started to create in the 1720's . Many of the plants were pressed from his own garden, which was cultivated from seeds collected in the early exploration of Asia, the Americas and Europe, as well as being gleaned from other European gardens. Date and place the item was acquired by the NHM: 1827. Where possible the date and place the item was acquired by the immediately previous owner: George Clifford (original owner); Sir Joseph banks purchased 1791 from Clifford Family Estate; Bequested to Robert Brown 1820; Donated by Robert Brown (Keeper Banksian department, Soho House) to NHM c.1827. LN 67806TNW016.3 Herbarium Sheet - Tree Nettle (Urtica ferox), single Herbarium Sheet: Single herbarium sheet of a Tree nettle (Urtica ferox). Joseph 448 286 mm [TNW016.3] Banks bequest to Robert Brown who then transferred collections to BM in 1827 (thence NHM). Date and place the item was acquired by the NHM: 1827. Where possible the date and place the item was acquired by the immediately previous owner: Sir Joseph Banks Herbarium Bequested to Robert Brown 1820; Donated by Robert Brown (Keeper Banksian department, Soho House) to NHM c.1827. LN 67716TNW017.1 Dry Specimen - Pinned Beetle Spiny Longhorn (Phantasis Dry Specimen: Pinned beetle, Spiny Longhorn Beetle. (Phantasis avernica). 50 28 23 mm avernica) [TNW017.1] 2012. Collected Hitoshi Takano; donated R. E. L. Smith. 2012. Donated to Museum by R.E.L. Smith who acquired it from the collector. Date and place the item was acquired by the NHM: 2012. Where possible the date and place the item was acquired by the immediately previous owner: donated to Museum by R.E.L. Smith who acquired it from the collector. LN 67868TNW017.2 Dry Specimen - Pinned Spiny Longhorn Beetle (Phantasis Dry Specimen: Pinned beetle, Spiny Longhorn Beetle. (Phantasis avernica). 40 31 13 mm avernica) [TNW017.2] Date and place the item was acquired by the NHM: 1924. Where possible the date and place the item was acquired by the immediately previous owner: acquired from the daughter of E.Y. Western in 1924. Labelled 'Zambezi, Livingstone'. Collected Dr David Livingstone (1813 - 1873) on Zambezi Expedition (1858-1864). Method of acquisition by Edward Young Western (1837-1924) unknown but thought to be possibly by Charles Livingstone (brother) via Stevens Auction House. Museums Victoria MV IDLender ID Object Image Provenance Information Height Length Width Depth Unit LN 67685TNW021 Slide - Rothschild Flea lectotype (Xenopsylla cheopis) Slide: Rothschild Flea lectotype (Xenopsylla cheopis). Microscope slide of the 27525mm [TNW021] lectotype of Xenopsylla cheopis an adult male flea. 1923, UK, Nathaniel Charles Rothschild. Date and place the item was acquired by the NHM: 1923. Where possible the date and place the item was acquired by the immediately previous owner: ca. 1900, Charles Rothschild. LN 67860TNW022 Jewellery - Weevil set in Gold Ring (Tetrabothynus regalis) Jewellery: Weevil set in gold ring (Tetrabothynus regalis). Weevil set into a gold 26 25 21 mm [TNW022] ring probably in the 19th century, the Latin inscription "Admiranda tibi levium spectacula rerum" and initials "DF". Date and place the item was acquired by the NHM: collected pre-1820. Where possible the date and place the item was acquired by the immediately previous owner: n/a. LN 67765TNW023 Dry Specimen - Pinned Beetle (Sphingnotus insignis) Dry Specimen: Pinned beetle, (Sphingnotus insignis). Collected by Evelyn 50 35 25 mm [TNW023] Cheesman in Papua New Guinea and donated directly to the NHM. Date and place the item was acquired by the NHM: Donation; Miss Lucy Evelyn Cheesman; b.8th October 1881; d.1969; Cheesman, L.E. Date and place the item was acquired by the NHM: 1881. Where possible the date and place the item was acquired by the immediately previous owner: collected by Evelyn Cheesman in Papua New Guinea and donated directly to the NHM. LN 67764TNW024 Dry Specimen - Pinned Beetle, (Sphingnotus insignis) Dry Specimen: Pinned beetle, (Sphingnotus insignis). Collected by Evelyn 50 39 19 mm [TNW024] Cheesman in Papua New Guinea and donated directly to the NHM. Date and place the item was acquired by the NHM: Donation; Miss Lucy Evelyn Cheesman; b.8th October 1881; d.1969; Cheesman, L.E. Date and place the item was acquired by the NHM: 1881. Where possible the date and place the item was acquired by the immediately previous owner: collected by Evelyn Cheesman in Papua New Guinea and donated directly to the NHM. Museums Victoria MV IDLender ID Object Image Provenance Information Height Length Width Depth Unit LN 67763TNW025 Dry Specimen - Pinned Beetle, (Sphingnotus insignis) Dry Specimen: Pinned beetle, (Sphingnotus insignis). Collected by Evelyn 50 37 27 mm [TNW025] Cheesman in Papua New Guinea and donated directly to the NHM. Date and place the item was acquired by the NHM: Donation; Miss Lucy Evelyn Cheesman; b.8th October 1881; d.1969; Cheesman, L.E. Date and place the item was acquired by the NHM: 1881. Where possible the date and place the item was acquired by the immediately previous owner: collected by Evelyn Cheesman in Papua New Guinea and donated directly to the NHM. LN 67803TNW027 Dry Specimen - Pinned Beetle, (Taurocerastes Dry Specimen: Pinned beetle, (Taurocerastes patagonicus), 1845. Collected in 50 34 27 mm patagonicus) [TNW027] Chile by Charles Darwin in 1833. Presented, Charles Darwin, UK. Date and place the item was acquired by the NHM: 1845, Presented, Charles Darwin, UK. Where possible the date and place the item was acquired by the immediately previous owner: collected in Chile by Charles Darwin in 1833. LN 67781TNW028 Dry Specimen - Pinned Longhorn Beetle, (Imantocera Dry Specimen: Pinned Longhorn Beetle, (Imantocera plumosa), Collected Alfred 57 482 454 mm plumosa) [TNW028] Russel Wallace. Date and place the item was acquired by the NHM: 1896: London. from the daughter of Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe (died 1893). LN 67802TNW028.1 Dry Specimen - Pinned Beetle, (Chrysodema smaragdula) Dry Specimen: Pinned beetle, (Chrysodema smaragdula). Date and place the 82310mm [TNW028.1] item was acquired by the NHM: 1874, London, bequest, W W Saunders. Where possible the date and place the item was acquired by the immediately previous owner: Ter[nate], Wallace . Shipped by Wallace to Samuel Stevens Auctions where it was purchased by W.W. Saunders 1859-1862. Museums Victoria MV IDLender ID Object Image Provenance Information Height Length Width Depth Unit LN 67777TNW028.2 Dry Specimen - Pinned Beetle, (Pelopides monticulosus) Dry Specimen: Pinned beetle, (Pelopides monticulosus). Date and place the item 18 44 27 mm [TNW028.2] was acquired by the NHM: 1856, UK, purchase, Samuel Stevens' Auctions. Where possible the date and place the item was acquired by the immediately previous owner: collected by Wallace in Sarawak Borneo (Malaysia) 1854-56 and sent to Samuel Stevens for sale at Stevens' auctions, where it was bought by BMNH. LN 67738TNW028.3 Dry Specimen - Pinned Beetle, (Ischiopsopha Dry Specimen: Pinned beetle, (Ischiopsopha (Ischiopsopha) olivacea). Date and 16 33 17 mm (Ischiopsopha) olivacea) [TNW028.3] place the item was acquired by the NHM: 1905: London. from the estate of Alexander Fry (died 1905). Where possible the date and place the item was acquired by the immediately previous owner: Wallace; Moluccas; Morty; Fry coll. 1905-100. Shipped by Wallace to Stevens for sale, and sold to Alexander Fry in 1861. LN 67690TNW028.4 Dry Specimen - Pinned Beetle, (Eupholus latreillei) Dry Specimen: Pinned beetle, (Eupholus latreillei). Date and place the item was 19 38 18 mm [TNW028.4] acquired by the NHM: 1893: London. from the daughter of Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe (died 1893). Where possible the date and place the item was acquired by the immediately previous owner: Gor [am Is.]; Pascoe Coll. 1893-90. Shipped by Wallace to Stevens, and purchased by F.P. Pascoe at Stevens' auctions 1861. LN 67691TNW028.5 Dry Specimen - Pinned Beetle, (Eupholus latreillei) Dry Specimen: Pinned beetle, (Eupholus latreillei). Date and place the item was 17 22 14 mm [TNW028.5] acquired by the NHM: 1893: London.
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