Bear Collection (page 7)

Advert for Primleys California Fruit chewing gum, 1894. A print from the Harpers Bazaar, 1894

Initial B, Bible, Winchester, c1160-1170, (1930). Illustration from Apollo, A Journal of the Arts, (London 1930)

Polar bear on the Mappin Terrace at London Zoo, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish
Polar bear on the Mappin Terrace at London Zoo, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, volume I, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Bear-baiting in Saxon times, (c1920). Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Bear-baiting in Saxon times, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Adam Naming the Creatures, 1847. Artist: Nathaniel Currier
Adam Naming the Creatures, 1847

The Ostiacks, 19th century. Artist: T Spendelone
The Ostiacks, 19th century. Indigenous inhabitants of Siberia, with sturgeon, bow and arrow, and dead bear

A Punjabi native with a dancing bear, India, 1922. Artist: Robert Chisham
A Punjabi native with a dancing bear, India, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Dancing Bear, 1785. Artist: C Knight
Dancing Bear, 1785. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)

Ostiacks on the Banks of the River Oby, c 1700. Family of indigenous people, possibly from Siberia. The woman holds a sturgeon

The Stag, the Bull, and the Bear, 19th century. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Stag, the Bull, and the Bear, 19th century. A railway fable

Bear and Monkey, 13th century, (1833). Dancing bears and monkeys would peform in the public streets. Illustration after a book of prayers in the Harleian Collection of the British Library

A bear standing on his head, 14th century, (1833). An engraving from The Sports and Pastimes of the people of England, by Joseph Strutt, (London, 1833)

Tutored Bear, 14th century, (1833). The teaching of bears to imitate the actions of men. An engraving from The Sports and Pastimes of the people of England, by Joseph Strutt, (London, 1833)

Dancing to a bear, (1833). The dance is executed by a woman and consists of approaching and receding from the bear with great agility

Jack Curlings narrow escape from a ferocious bear, 1855. A engraving from the Cassells Illustrated Family Paper, (London, 1855)

Polar Bear Attacked by Eskimo Dogs, 1877. Husky dogs attacking a polar bear

Bear baiting. Illustration for The Grand Ducal, Tsarist and Imperial Hunting in Russia by N. Kutepov, 1896. Private Collection

Illustration from the book The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus, by Joel Chandler Harris, 1895. Artist: AB Frost
Illustration from the book The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus, by Joel Chandler Harris, 1895. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Hunting for Bears, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 28th April 1901

The Finish pavilion at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Paris, 1900. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

Bears of the Cagyre, 1891. Artist: F Meaulle
Bears of the Cagyre, 1891. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 10th October 1891

The incident at the menagerie, Montceau-les-Mines, France, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
The incident at the menagerie, Montceau-les-Mines, France, 1891. A print from a supplement to Le Petit Journal, 19th September 1891

Prophecy figure XI from Prognosticatio Eximii Doctoris Paracelsi, 1536. Artist
Prophecy figure XI from Prognosticatio Eximii Doctoris Paracelsi, 1536. A small book of 32 prophecies, filled with cryptic and allegorical symbols, by the Swiss astrologer

The Tyrrhenians, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
The Tyrrhenians, 1615. The Tyrrhenians or Tyrsenians is an exonym used by Greek authors to refer to a non-Greek people. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates

French zoological postcard, 19th century. A group of people watch two bears in their enclosure

Christ gives communion to St Denis, 1317. St Denis and his companions receive communion on the eve of the Martrydom. To the left is Larcia, who denounced them, and was later converted

Terra ( Land ), c1600. From the German National Museum, Nuremburg

Bronze Figurine of Bear, used in Shamans Ritual, Perm Region, Russia
Bronze Figurine of Bear, used in Shamans Ritual. Perm Region, Russia

Bears Fighting, detail of Roman floor mosaic, from Utica, Tunisia, c3rd century. At Bardo Museum, Tunis

Roman Mosaic detail of Bear, from Diana the Huntress, Thuburbo Majus, Tunisia, c4th century. In general mosaics had a large decorative, often geometric

Roman Mosaic of Elephant, Horse and Bear, c2nd-3rd century. In general mosaics had a large decorative, often geometric, frame surrounding a small section with figures (emblema)

The Dancing Bear, Brimham Rocks near Pately Bridge in Yorkshire. This shows wind erosion of horizontally-bedded sedimentary rock

Neolithic bear-headed stone club from Finland

Italian earthenware dish, possibly showing the nymph Callisto, 16th century. Artist: Nicola da Urbino
Italian earthenware dish, possibly showing the nymph Callisto who was transformed into a bear by Artemis, from the V&As collection, Nicola da Urbino, 16th century

Ivory arrow straightener in the form of a bear with engraved pictographs, North American. From the British Museums collection

Bronze plaque of a bear from the Perm region of Siberia, 8th century
Bronze plaque of a bear from the Perm region of Siberia, from the Hermitage Museums collection in Russia, 8th century

Morning in a Pinewood, 1889. Artist: Ivan Shishkin
Morning in a Pinewood, 1889. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Saint Sergius the Builder, 1925. Artist: Nicholas Roerich
Saint Sergius the Builder, 1925. From a private collection

Small tile with a spotted hyena or bear, 13th century
Small tile with a spotted hyena or bear. Similar tiles, now in St Petersburg, are known to be from the Kangah of Pir Husayn, restored in 1280 AD

Bronze matrix for making decorative plaques for helmets, 8th century
Viking bronze matrix for making decorative plaques for helmets, showing a man with an axe holding a chained bear, from Torslunda, Bjornhovda, Sweden

Tlingit Native American blanket
A Tlingit tribe Native American blanket belonging to a chief, showing a totemic bear design. Currently at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh

Native American ritual club
A pacific north-west coast Native American ritual club with a bears head, made from elk antler. It was used as a slave killer at potlach festivals. Currently at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh

Detail of bear-hunt from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, 15th century
Detail of bear-hunt from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, made in Tournai, currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 15th century

A Walk-Over?, 1918. German emperor Wilhelm II regarding Russia as a doormat to his new territories, while the Austrian emperor Charles I takes a more cautious approach. Cartoon from Punch

The Bear Hunt, 1875. Artist: Making Medicine
The Bear Hunt, 1875. Drawing by Making Medicine, a Cheyenne (North American Plains Indian), while held prisoner at Fort Marion, Florida

Gendarmes taking census forms to an encampment of itinerant gipsies in their caravan, 1895. A boy in the foreground leads a muzzled dancing bear. From Le Petit Journal. (Paris, May 1895)

Bear attack, Russia, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Bear attack, Russia, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 26th November 1892

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Scottish statesman, 1854. British Prime Minister from 1852-1855, he reluctantly took Britain into the Crimean War

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