EditorialSlaves hanging from gibbets. Account of an Insurrection of the Negro Slaves in the Colony of Demerara, which broke out on the 18th of August, 1823. Demerara : A. Stevenson, 1824. Source: 8157.bb.9.(1.) plate between pages 80 - 81.
EditorialColley's batemannia orchid, Batemannia colleyi. Native to Demerara, Guyana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by T. Holland from Sydenham Edwards' "The Botanical Register," London, Ridgway, 1834.
EditorialDifferently colored catasetum orchid, Catasetum discolor (Dingy monk-flower, Monachanthus discolor). Native to Demerara, Guyana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Drake from Sydenham Edwards' "The Botanical Re...