ALT A red squirrel with rich russet fur, tufted ears, a creamy white chest and a bushy tail perches on a thick, lichen-covered branch. Bare, twisting twigs frame the squirrel against a softly blurred woodland background. Delicate, snow-like white flecks drift through the scene, giving the photograph a dreamy, wintry atmosphere.

ALT Botanical illustration of caraway (Carum carvi), with delicate, finely divided green leaves, branching stems and umbels of tiny white flowers and developing fruits. Enlarged details show a single flower, the ribbed brown fruits and a cross-section. Plate 261 from “Bilder ur Nordens Flora” by Carl Axel Magnus Lindman (1856–1928), 1917–1926 edition.

ALT A collage of six photographs of flowers still blooming in an autumn garden, in beautiful shades of pink, magenta and purple. On the left, two pendant fuchsia flowers with crimson-pink sepals and deep purple petals, above a group of bright pink everlasting flowers. At the top centre, delicate clusters of lilac-pink verbena. In the centre, a large, softly coloured pale pink dahlia with a rounded bud above it. At the top right, a vivid pink dahlia with densely layered petals and a darker centre. At the bottom right, deep magenta salvia flowers with dark purple buds. The flowers stand out against softly blurred green, mauve and golden backgrounds, with narrow white borders separating the photographs.

ALT Hand-coloured celestial chart showing Scorpio as a large scorpion curved across the star field, with its claws and segmented tail clearly depicted. ‘Scorpio’, Plate 23 from ‘Urania’s Mirror’ (1825), engraved by Sidney Hall.