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Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Whale, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Whale, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Whale, c1850. Around the main illustration of harpooning a whale and the whalers being tossed from their boat are vignettes of the uses to which the whale was put after the carcass had been cut

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Dog, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Dog, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Dog, c1850. The central image shows a typical collie sheepdog. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left): the shepherds companion

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Agricultural, c 1845. Artist: Robert Kent Thomas

Agricultural, c 1845. Artist: Robert Kent Thomas
Agricultural, c1845. Showing a farmer lying on top of a haywagon led by two oxen. Plate from Graphic Illustrations of Animals - Showing Their Utility to Man

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Where the Beasts of Prehistory Lurk By the Lake in the Palace Grounds, c1935. Creator: Unknown

Where the Beasts of Prehistory Lurk By the Lake in the Palace Grounds, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Where the Beasts of Prehistory Lurk By the Lake in the Palace Grounds, c1935. Statues of life-size prehistoric monsters dating from 1854 in Crystal Palace Park, Sydenham, south London

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Eglinton Tournament, the Tilt-Yard of the 19th century, near the Regents Park, London, 1839

Eglinton Tournament, the Tilt-Yard of the 19th century, near the Regents Park, London, 1839. The tournament consisted of medieval fun and games for the nobility and their ladies

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Naturalists dining inside a model of a dinosaur, Crystal Palace, Sydenham, New Years Eve, 1853

Naturalists dining inside a model of a dinosaur, Crystal Palace, Sydenham, New Years Eve, 1853. Dinner given by sculptor Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807-1889)

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Swan, Goose and Duck, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Swan, Goose and Duck, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Swan, Goose and Duck, c1850. The central image is of the three different birds. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left)

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Pig, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Pig, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Pig, c1850. The central image shows a sow and piglets. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left): a swineherd with pigs in a forest to eat acorns

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Elephant, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Elephant, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Elephant, c1850. The central image shows the Indian elephant in front and African elephant behind. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left)

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Domestic Fowl, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Domestic Fowl, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Domestic Fowl, c1850. The central image shows a cockerel, hens and chicks. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left)

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Bee, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Bee, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Bee, c1851. The central image shows bee skeps and plants on which bees forage, and Indian, American and South European bees

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Goat, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Goat, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Goat, c1850. The central image is of a goat and kid. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left): milking goats for milk and cheese; an Eastern goatherd

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Ass, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Ass, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Ass, c1850. The central image shows the ass or donkey (Equus asinus). Surrounding vignettes show animals (clockwise from top left)

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Rein Deer, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Rein Deer, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Rein Deer, c1850. The Lapps (Samek or Samer), nomadic herdsmen of the Arctic from the Kola peninsula to northwest Sweden whose traditional way of life depended on their herds of semi-domesticated

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Camel, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Camel, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Camel, c1850. The central image shows the Arabian Camel or Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) with a single hump, and the Asian or Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) with two humps

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Hare and the Rabbit, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Hare and the Rabbit, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Hare and the Rabbit, c1850. The central image shows wild and domesticted rabbits. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left)

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Seal and the Walrus, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Seal and the Walrus, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Seal and the Walrus, c1850. Around the central illustration of the animals are vignettes of hunting and uses the to which their carcasses were put

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Cow, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Cow, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Cow, c1850. Around the central image are vignettes of the products of the cow, from butter, cheese, milk, meat, candles, cutlery handles and turned horn goods

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Cochineal and lac insects, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Cochineal and lac insects, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Cochineal and lac insects, c1850. Varnish and scarlet dye are derived from the lac insect native to parts of Asia, and a red colour from the cochineal insect of South America

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Artist, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Artist, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Artist, c1845. An artist is shown at his easel. He is surrounded by other works of art and a bust on its pedestal. From Graphic Illustrations of Animals Showing Their Utility to Man, (London)

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Anchovy Fishing, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Anchovy Fishing, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Anchovy Fishing, c1845. Depicting men in their sailing boats out at sea. In the boat on the right men are dragging a net out of the water

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Indians Fishing, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Indians Fishing, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Indians Fishing, c1845. Two men in a boat, one of them standing posied with a spear in their hand, ready to spear a fish. The boat has a lighted torch at the front of it in order to increase

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Herring Curing, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Herring Curing, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Herring Curing, c1845. Men preparing herrings; one carries a basket of the fish, another puts them in a barrel. Plate from Graphic Illustrations of Animals - Showing Their Utility to Man

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Cod Curing, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Cod Curing, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Cod Curing, c1845. Men curing cod; one holds the fish over a barrel, probably of salt, used to make the fish keep for months. The other hangs the cod up on a line

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Shrimpers, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Shrimpers, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Shrimpers, c1845. Two men on the beach by a boat, one sitting on a lobster pot holding a shrimp net. Others stand knee-deep in the sea catching shrimps

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Cheese, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Cheese, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Cheese, c1845. A woman in apron and bonnet stacking cheeses, with a press for making cheese, illustrating the usefulness of the cow to man

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Agriculture, for Manure, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Agriculture, for Manure, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Agriculture, for Manure, c1845. A man pulls manure from a cart with a rake; a shire horse stands on the right. Plate from Graphic Illustrations of Animals - Showing Their Utility to Man

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: For Milk and Cheese, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

For Milk and Cheese, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
For Milk and Cheese, c1845. A milkmaid carries a yoke with milk churns, while her companion milks a goat. Plate from Graphic Illustrations of Animals - Showing Their Utility to Man

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Farm Yard, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Farm Yard, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Farm Yard, c1845. A woman with a basket holds up her apron which probably contains food for the geese following her excitedly

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Swine Herd, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Swine Herd, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Swine Herd, c1845. A swineherd stands resting on his staff, watching his pigs. Plate from Graphic Illustrations of Animals - Showing Their Utility to Man

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Market, c1845. Artist: Robert Kent Thomas

Market, c1845. Artist: Robert Kent Thomas
Market, c1845. Showing a woman and two men carrying baskets of chickens, or carrying the birds themselves. Plate from Graphic Illustrations of Animals - Showing Their Utility to Man

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Nest, c1845. Artist: Robert Kent Thomas

The Nest, c1845. Artist: Robert Kent Thomas
The Nest, c1845. Showing a woman collecting chicken eggs from a coop. Plate from Graphic Illustrations of Animals - Showing Their Utility to Man

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Washing, c1845. Artist: Robert Kent Thomas

Washing, c1845. Artist: Robert Kent Thomas
Washing, c1845. Showing two shepherds washing their sheep in a pond. Plate from Graphic Illustrations of Animals - Showing Their Utility to Man

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Shearing, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Shearing, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Shearing, c1845. Showing two shepherds shearing their sheep. Plate from Graphic Illustrations of Animals - Showing Their Utility to Man, illustrated by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and RK Thomas

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: Milk, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Milk, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Milk, c1845. Showing two milkmaids with a cow in the countryside. Plate from Graphic Illustrations of Animals - Showing Their Utility to Man, illustrated by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and RK Thomas

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Extinct Animals model room at Crystal Palace, Sydenham, 1853

The Extinct Animals model room at Crystal Palace, Sydenham, 1853. View showing models of dinosaurs being prepared for a display organised by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807-1889)

Background imageBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Collection: The Silk-Worm, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Silk-Worm, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Silk-Worm, c1850. Silk, from the silk moth (Bombyx) to the finished product. The central panel shows the lifecycle of the moth from egg to adult


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