Beak Collection

Girl Riding a Crane (parody of Hi Chobo [Chinese: Fei Zhangfang]), c. 1766 / 67
Girl Riding a Crane (parody of Hi Chobo [Chinese: Fei Zhangfang]), c. 1766/67

The Hornbills, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson
The Hornbills, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's Park, 1864. 'We lately mentioned that Mr. Thompson

The Fox Visiting the Heron, early-mid 17th century. Creator: Frans Snyders
The Fox Visiting the Heron, early-mid 17th century

"How Well We Go Together", 1604-1662. Creator: Adriaen van de Venne
"How Well We Go Together", 1604-1662

AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Physician who treated victims of bubonic plague, wearing an ankle-length overcoat and a bird-like beak mask

AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Physician who treated victims of bubonic plague, wearing an ankle-length overcoat and a bird-like beak mask

AI IMAGE - Dodo in a glass case in a museum, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Dodo in a glass case in a museum, 2023. The first recorded mention of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus), an extinct flightless bird living on the island of Mauritius

Krishna Kills the Crane Demon, Folio from a Bhagavata Purana... between 1525 and 1550. Creator: Unknown
Krishna Kills the Crane Demon, Folio from a Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of the Lord), between 1525 and 1550

Daoist Immortal with Crane, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Daoist Immortal with Crane, 19th century

Floating Crane, Mid- to late 19th century. Creator: Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Floating Crane, Mid- to late 19th century

Eagles on the Cliffs, 1857. Creator: Jan Fyt
Eagles on the Cliffs, 1857

Jatayu's Attempt to Foil Sita's Abduction, Folio from a Vaidehisha Vilasa... between 1875 and 1900
Jatayu's Attempt to Foil Sita's Abduction, Folio from a Vaidehisha Vilasa (The Story of Sita), between 1875 and 1900

Tringa nebularia (Common greenshank), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Tringa nebularia (Common greenshank), 1777-1786

Gallinago nigripennis nigripennis (African snipe), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Gallinago nigripennis nigripennis (African snipe), 1777-1786

Recurvirostra avosetta (pied avocet), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Recurvirostra avosetta (pied avocet), 1777-1786. Bird study: Kluut (Recurvirostra Avosetta); with Rhenish (Rijnlandse) scale

Threskiornis aethiopicus (African sacred ibis), 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Threskiornis aethiopicus (African sacred ibis), 1778

Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago), c.1687-c.1692. Creator: Pieter Withoos
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago), c.1687-c.1692

Nectarinia amethystina (Amethyst sunbird), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Nectarinia amethystina (Amethyst sunbird), 1777-1786

Nightjar, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Nightjar, 1784

Malachite Kingfisher, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Malachite Kingfisher, 1779-1785. Blue-eared Kingfisher....batavian fish-catching bird true grouse / Alcedo caeruleo-cephala'. Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus), found in Africa

Cartoon of Schutto Gockinga, 1710-1720. Creator: Anon
Cartoon of Schutto Gockinga, 1710-1720. Schutto (Scato) Gockinga was a judge of Van Oldenbarnevelt; Griffin with yellow beak, garland of morning glories

Vestiaria coccinea (Iiwi or Scarlet Hawaiian honeycreeper), 1778. Creator: John Webber
Vestiaria coccinea ('I'iwi or Scarlet Hawaiian honeycreeper), 1778. Bird from the South Sea of Captain Cook, 1780, whose feathers are so highly valued there

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus ? (Black-necked stork), 1776-before 1780. Creator: John Hunter
Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus ? (Black-necked stork), 1776-before 1780. From Port Jackson, (present-day Sydney, Australia). Possibly by John Hunter

Pelicans in Artis Zoo, 1880. Creator: Johannes Cornelis van Essen
Pelicans in Artis Zoo, 1880

Vulture, 1763-1824. Creator: Circle of François Le Vaillant
Vulture, 1763-1824

Head of a royal vulture (Sarcoramphus papa), 1763-1824. Creator: Circle of François Le Vaillant
Head of a royal vulture (Sarcoramphus papa), 1763-1824. King vulture

Head of an ear vulture (Otogyps auricularis daud), 1763-1824. Creator: Circle of François Le Vaillant
Head of an ear vulture (Otogyps auricularis daud), 1763-1824

Black walking bird with short thick red beak, 1763-1824. Creator: Circle of François Le Vaillant
Black walking bird with short thick red beak, 1763-1824

Head of a Helmeted Guineafowl, 1720-1792. Creator: Aert Schouman
Head of a Helmeted Guineafowl, 1720-1792

Stork nest on a chimney, c.1880-c.1910. Creator: Anon
Stork nest on a chimney, c.1880-c.1910. Two storks feed their youngsters in the nest with outstretched beaks

The Threatened Swan, c.1650. Creator: Jan Asselijin
The Threatened Swan, c.1650. Interpreted later as an Allegory on Johan de Witt. With its wings stretched and its neck poised, the swan protects her eggs against a dog swimming nearby

Scrimshaw: Walrus Tusk, 1941. Creator: Oscar Bluhme
Scrimshaw: Walrus Tusk, 1941

Scrimshaw: Walrus Tusk, 1941. Creator: Oscar Bluhme
Scrimshaw: Walrus Tusk, 1941

Scrimshaw, c. 1941. Creator: Oscar Bluhme
Scrimshaw, c. 1941

Scrimshaw: Swordfish Bill, c. 1941. Creator: Oscar Bluhme
Scrimshaw: Swordfish Bill, c. 1941

Ornament with Owl Mocked by Day Birds, c.1480. Creator: Master FVB
Ornament with Owl Mocked by Day Birds, c.1480

Kotsuis and Hohhug-Nakoaktok, wearing ceremonial dress, with long beaks, on their haunches, dancing(?), c1914

The Wounded Eagle, c1870. Creator: Rosa Bonheur
The Wounded Eagle, c1870

The Wounded Eagle, c1870. Creator: Rosa Bonheur
The Wounded Eagle, c1870

Eagle Attacking a Monkey, 1885. Creator: Kawanabe Kyosai
Eagle Attacking a Monkey, 1885

Common Snipe (Gallinago scolopacina), Jack Snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula), 1900, (1900). Artist: Charles Whymper
Common Snipe (Gallinago scolopacina), Jack Snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula), 1900, (1900). From The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of The British Islands, by Charles Dixon, illustrated by Charles Whymper

Nisroch, Assyrian god, mid 19th century. Assyrian eagle-winged god Nisroch carrying a pine cone, the symbol of regeneration. Ancient Assyria, a kingdom of Mesoptamia, was located in modern Iraq

Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson
Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, [London], 1864. 'The blue tanager (Orchesticus ater)...[is] from the forests of Brazil

Curlews about to take flight, 1911. Creator: Vilhelm Theodor Fischer
Curlews about to take flight, 1911

An eagle resting on a cactus holding a snake in its beak (from the Mexican coat of... ca 1900-1910)
An eagle resting on a cactus holding a snake in its beak (from the Mexican coat of arms), ca 1900-1910

Eagle and Monkey, c. 1725. Creator: Nishimura Shigenaga
Eagle and Monkey, c. 1725. Attributed to Nishimura Shigenaga

A Hawk on a Cliff near a Kiri Tree, c. 1716. Creator: Torii Kiyomasu I
A Hawk on a Cliff near a Kiri Tree, c. 1716. Attributed to Torii Kiyomasu I

Ovoid Ewer with Flaring, Beak Shaped Spout, and Handle with Human Head, Tang dynasty (618-907), 8th century

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