Microscopy Collection

Bee anatomy, historical artwork
Bees anatomy. 17th Century artwork by the Italian microscopist Francesco Stelluti, showing the anatomy of bees as seen by him under a microscope

EDTA crystals, light micrograph
EDTA crystals. Polarised light micrograph of a section through ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) crystals. EDTA is used primarily for its effectiveness at binding metal ions (chelating)

Lime tree stem, light micrograph
Lime tree stem. Light micrograph of a section through the stem of a lime tree (Tilia europaea). The outer epidermis has been shed and replaced by a layer of cork (dark red)

Illustration of a Flea C017 / 3435
Plate from 18th century encyclopedia showing an illustration of a flea. Fleas are the insects forming the order Siphonaptera and are a vectors for various diseases

Snowflake research, 18th century

Pine pollen grains, light micrograph
Pine pollen grains. Light micrograph of a section through winged pollen grains (microspores) from a pine (Pinus sp.) tree

Pine stem, light micrograph
Pine stem. Light micrograph of a section through the stem of a pine (Pinus sp.) tree, showing xylem tissue. The xylem is made up of tracheid cells (light pink)

Water fleas (Daphnia sp. ) and a green algae (Volvox aureus) in water from a garden pond
Water fleas (Daphnia sp.) and a green algae (Volvox aureus) in water from a garden pond. Derbyshire, UK. September. Digital composite

Chlorophyte or green alga (Volvox aureus) in pond water. UK. The larger spheres are approximately 0.5mm in diameter. Digital composite image

False-coloured SEM (Scanning Electron Micrograph) of a Tardigrade (Tardigrada) amongst moss, from Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. This tardigrade is approximately 0.1 millimetres long

Portrait of a Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris). UK. Focus stacked image (dead specimen)

Nikolai Dubinin, Russian geneticist
Nikolai Petrovich Dubinin (1907-1998), Russian geneticist, examining microscope slides in a laboratory. Dubinin was one of the founding members of the Cytology

Anti-cancer drug binding to DNA, AFM
Drug-DNA complexes. Coloured atomic force micrograph (AFM) of plasmids (blue) of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) bound to the anti-cancer drug ditercalinium

Microbiology caricature, 19th century
Microbiology caricature. The researcher is handling jars labelled as bacterial cultures, while the magnified view at left shows a caricatured appearance of microbes as seen under a microscope

Rosenhain optical microscope. The viewing lens (eyepiece, upper right), focusing wheel (lower right) and objective lens (centre) are seen

Focus stacked, inverted image of Diatoms on a microscope slide. Diatoms are single-celled algae which produce approximately 25% of the oxygen we breathe as well as being responsible for approximately

Ice crystals viewed by polarised light

Sheet ice crystals viewed by polarised light

Micrographia
2626678 Micrographia; (add.info.: Illustration from Micrographia 1665; by Robert Hooke, 1635-1703. Hooke's observations through various lenses)

Micrographia
2626676 Micrographia; (add.info.: Illustration from Micrographia 1665; by Robert Hooke, 1635-1703. Hooke's observations through various lenses)

Illustration showing the examination of a live frog under a microscope. German, 1895
5311517 Illustration showing the examination of a live frog under a microscope. German, 1895; (add.info.: Date: 1895); Universal History Archive/UIG

Micrographia
2626674 Micrographia; (add.info.: Illustration from Micrographia 1665; by Robert Hooke, 1635-1703. Hooke's observations through various lenses)

Micrographia
2626680 Micrographia; (add.info.: Illustration from Micrographia 1665; by Robert Hooke, 1635-1703. Hooke's observations through various lenses)

Micrographia
2626677 Micrographia; (add.info.: Illustration from Micrographia 1665; by Robert Hooke, 1635-1703. Hooke's observations through various lenses)

Micrographia
2626673 Micrographia; (add.info.: Illustration from Micrographia 1665; by Robert Hooke, 1635-1703. Hooke's observations through various lenses)

Micrographia
2626671 Micrographia; (add.info.: Illustration from Micrographia 1665; by Robert Hooke, 1635-1703. Hooke's observations through various lenses)

Title page Illustration from Micrographia
2626681 Title page Illustration from Micrographia'; (add.info.: Title page with Illustration from Micrographia 1665; by Robert Hooke, 1635-1703)

Micrographia
2626672 Micrographia; (add.info.: Illustration from Micrographia 1665; by Robert Hooke, 1635-1703. Hooke's observations through various lenses)

Micrographia
2626679 Micrographia; (add.info.: Illustration from Micrographia 1665; by Robert Hooke, 1635-1703. Hooke's observations through various lenses)

Micrographia
2626675 Micrographia; (add.info.: Illustration from Micrographia 1665; by Robert Hooke, 1635-1703. Hooke's observations through various lenses)

Limestone microfossils in a 0. 03mm-thick slice of fossil-rich limestone viewed at high magnification
Limestone microfossils in a 0.03mm-thick slice of fossil-rich limestone viewed at high magnification, image area is 3mm across in real life

African daisy (Osteospermum jucundum) at approx 10x magnification, composite flower showing individual florets full of golden pollen grains, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July

Plankton at night, Palau, Philippine Sea

The Late Mr. Robert Brown, Keeper of Botany in the British Museum... 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Late Mr. Robert Brown, Keeper of Botany in the British Museum, from a photograph by Maull and Polyblank, 1858. Engraving from a photograph by Maull and Polyblank

Cuttlefish and Gorita, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Cuttlefish and Gorita, 1785. Sepia loligo'. Two colour drawings, and a sketch of an octopus-like creature. With inscriptions. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 238

The Testimonial presented to Dr. Hassall, on Thursday, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Testimonial presented to Dr. Hassall, on Thursday, 1856. Gift to British chemist and microscopist Arthur Hill Hassall

Colony of Haemophilus influenzae, 1906 (litho)
3501914 Colony of Haemophilus influenzae, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms)

Colony of Mycobacterium leprae, 1906 (litho)
3501912 Colony of Mycobacterium leprae, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms)

Colony of Micrococcus Gonorrhoea, 1906 (litho)
3501903 Colony of Micrococcus Gonorrhoea, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms)

Colony of Streptococcus pneumoniae with and without bubble capsule, 1906 (litho)
3501899 Colony of Streptococcus pneumoniae with and without bubble capsule, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Colony of Streptococcus Pneumoniae, 1906 (litho)
3501898 Colony of Streptococcus Pneumoniae, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms)

Spirillum of the Lyme disease causing bacteria, Spirochaetes Borrelia Recurrentis, in blood sample, 1906 (litho)
3501919 Spirillum of the Lyme disease causing bacteria, Spirochaetes Borrelia Recurrentis, in blood sample, 1906 (litho) by German School

Colony of Vibrio cholerae, 1906 (litho)
3501918 Colony of Vibrio cholerae, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms)

Colony of Clostridium tetani with spores, 1906 (litho)
3501913 Colony of Clostridium tetani with spores, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms)

Colony of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 1906 (litho)
3501910 Colony of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms)

A colony of Staphylococcus pyogenes after cell division, 1906 (litho)
3501897 A colony of Staphylococcus pyogenes after cell division, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Colony of Streptococcus pyogenes, 1906 (litho)
3501894 Colony of Streptococcus pyogenes, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms)

Colony of Yersinia pestis, 1906 (litho)
3501917 Colony of Yersinia pestis, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms)

Colony of Salmonella Typhi showing Bacilli with flagella, 1906 (litho)
3501916 Colony of Salmonella Typhi showing Bacilli with flagella, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Colony of Salmonella typhi, 1906 (litho)
3501915 Colony of Salmonella typhi, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms)

Colony of Bacillus Anthracis in a human spleen, 1906 (litho)
3501905 Colony of Bacillus Anthracis in a human spleen, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Spores of Bacillus Anthracis, 1906 (litho)
3501904 Spores of Bacillus Anthracis, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms)

Colony of Micrococcus Gonorrhoea found in the Urethra, 1906 (litho)
3501900 Colony of Micrococcus Gonorrhoea found in the Urethra, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Colony of Corynebacterium Diphtheriae, 1906 (litho)
3501907 Colony of Corynebacterium Diphtheriae, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms)

Colony of Bacterium mallei, 1906 (litho)
3501906 Colony of Bacterium mallei, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms)

Staphylococcus colony, 1905 (litho)
3501895 Staphylococcus colony, 1905 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms)

Colony of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, 1906 (litho)
3501911 Colony of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms)

Red campion (Silene dioica) seeds, microscopic view

Abstract close-up of butterfly wing scales

False-coloured scanning electron micrograph of a Thrip's (Thysanoptera) head, the bulging compound eyes can be seen on either side of the head

Soil bacteria cultured on nutrient agar from a soil sample collected in Via Gellia Woods, Derbyshire. Image size in real life 10mm across. UK. March

Pollen grains on the style of a Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia), Hoe Grange Nature Reserve, Derbyshire, UK. August

Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) pollen grain, false-coloured Scanning Electron Micrograph

Portrait of Joseph Janvier Woodward (1833-1884), December 1880. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Joseph Janvier Woodward (1833-1884), December 1880

Signed page from Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies
1208391 Signed page from Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses, 1665 (pen & ink and print on paper) by Hooke

Histology of flowering plant (colour litho)
5200665 Histology of flowering plant (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Histology of flowering plant)

Microscopic objects (coloured engraving)
997884 Microscopic objects (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: From A Bilderbuch fAor KinderA (Picture Book for Children) 1790-1830

Microscopic view of the seasponge and the jellyfish (coloured engraving)
997880 Microscopic view of the seasponge and the jellyfish (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Microscopic view of the housefly (coloured engraving)
997860 Microscopic view of the housefly (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: From A Bilderbuch fAor KinderA (Picture Book for Children) 1790-1830

Microscopy for the Million (engraving)
2777011 Microscopy for the Million (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Microscopy for the Million)

Early Scientists Looking Through Microscopes, 1908 (engraving)
2622480 Early Scientists Looking Through Microscopes, 1908 (engraving) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Chest Microscope, with selection of ivory sliders and list, c. 1800 (mixed media)
MFR348314 Chest Microscope, with selection of ivory sliders and list, c.1800 (mixed media) by English School, (18th-19th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

A Louis XV Duc de Chaulnes Pattern, Ormolu Compound Microscope, c
scientific, science, equipment, optics, ornate, optical, magnification, microscopy, patterned, microscopic, lens, decorative, instrument, 390758

Edible snail, Helex Pomatia (colour litho)
5200672 Edible snail, Helex Pomatia (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edible snail, Helex Pomatia)

Amoeba, Proteus Animalcule (colour litho)
5200664 Amoeba, Proteus Animalcule (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Amoeba, Proteus Animalcule)

Fern (colour litho)
5200660 Fern (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fern. Illustration for Biological Atlas by D M Alpine and A N M Alpine (W & A K Johnston)

Fresh water polype, Hydra (colour litho)
5200666 Fresh water polype, Hydra (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fresh water polype, Hydra)

Essence of Parliament: Cartoon marking the opening of the first session of Parliament for
539034 Essence of Parliament: Cartoon marking the opening of the first session of Parliament for 1883 (wood engraving) by Furniss

Microscopic view of a flea (engraving)
2775128 Microscopic view of a flea (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Microscopic view of a flea)

Germs (colour litho)
3622578 Germs (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Germs. Illustration from Man, the Masterpiece by J H Kellogg, MD, (International Tract Society Ltd)

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Microscopy, the art of exploring the hidden world beyond our naked eyes, unveils breathtaking wonders that captivate both scientists and artists alike. From intricate bee anatomy to historical artwork, each specimen under the microscope tells a unique story. In the depths of a laboratory, EDTA crystals shimmer like tiny diamonds as they reveal their molecular secrets through a mesmerizing light micrograph. Meanwhile, an illustration of a Flea C017/3435 transports us back in time, reminding us of the meticulous observations made by early pioneers. Snowflake research in the 18th century takes center stage as delicate ice crystals dance before our eyes. Pine pollen grains and pine stems come alive under the lens, showcasing their intricate structures with stunning clarity. The lime tree stem follows suit, revealing its hidden beauty through another enchanting light micrograph. Anton van Leeuwenhoek's groundbreaking discoveries come to life as we gaze upon his meticulously drawn animalcules from c1795. These microscopic organisms remind us of how far we have come in unraveling nature's mysteries. Water fleas and green algae form a delicate ecosystem within garden pond water—a harmonious dance captured for eternity by microscopy's watchful eye. Chlorophyte or green alga Volvox aureus floats gracefully in UK pond water—its larger spheres measuring just about 0—an awe-inspiring sight that reminds us of nature's infinite diversity. An abstract close-up reveals butterfly wing scales' vibrant colors and intricate patterns—a testament to evolution's artistic touch on even the tiniest creatures. And finally, false-colored SEM showcases a Tardigrade amongst moss from Peak District National Park—a minuscule creature measuring only approximately 0. 1 millimeters long but holding immense fascination for researchers worldwide.