Picture Library
![Mt Merapi](/~/media/shared/images/library/Picture library/Banner full.jpg?h=229&w=450&la=en)
Gunung-Mĕrapi (Mount Merapi), from Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn's 'Java: deszelfs gedaante, bekleeding en inwendige struktuur', Amsterdam: PN Van Kampen (1850-1854).
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Welcome to the Geological Society Library’s Picture Library.
These pages contain just a glimpse of the range of drawings, prints, maps and book illustrations to be found in the Society’s Library collections. Whether it is Mount Vesuvius erupting in 1794, the fossil discoveries of Mary Anning, the works of William Smith or even the world’s largest pearl, the Library’s unrivalled collections cover all aspects of Earth sciences. More images will be added on a regular basis, so keep checking back to see what's new.
Click on each subject thumbnail to see more.
![Archibald Geikie](/~/media/shared/images/library/Picture library/Portrait Geikie 135.jpg?la=en)
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![Vesuvius](/~/media/shared/images/library/Picture library/Dynamic Earth Vesuvius 135.jpg?la=en)
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![Hyena](/~/media/shared/images/library/Picture library/Extinct animals Hyena 135.jpg?la=en)
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Portraits & people |
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Dynamic Earth |
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Extinct Animals |
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![Giant's Causeway](/~/media/shared/images/library/Picture library/Geological formations Giants Causeway.jpg?la=en)
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![Table des Marchand](/~/media/shared/images/library/Picture library/Early Man Table des Marchand.jpg?la=en) |
Fossils & Minerals |
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Geological Formations |
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Early Man |
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![Swanscombe Hill](/~/media/shared/images/library/Picture library/Industrial Swanscombe.jpg?la=en) |
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![Dieng Plateau](/~/media/shared/images/library/Picture library/Ethnography Java.jpg?la=en)
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Maps & Sections |
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Industrial & Engineering |
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Ethnography & Travel |
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![Handbill](/~/media/shared/images/library/Picture library/Natural curiosities handbill.jpg?la=en)
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![Professor Ichthyosaur](/~/media/shared/images/library/Picture library/Prof Ichthosaur.jpg?h=135&w=135&la=en) |
Natural Curiosities |
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William Smith
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Satires and Cartoons
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If you can't see an image or subject you are looking for, please contact the Library.