Bird Collection (page 2)

A garden pool: fragment of wall painting, Egyptian, 18th Dynasty, c1350 BC. Tomb painting of a pool full of ducks, lotus flowers and tilapia fish; papyrus grows along the edge

Altarpiece from Thuison-les-Abbeville: Saint Hugh of Lincoln, 1490 / 1500. Creator: Unknown
Altarpiece from Thuison-les-Abbeville: Saint Hugh of Lincoln, 1490/1500

Titmouse and Camellias (right), Sparrow and Wild Roses (center), and Black-naped Oriol... ca. 1833
Titmouse and Camellias (right), Sparrow and Wild Roses (center), and Black-naped Oriole and Cherry Blossoms (left), ca. 1833

Peacocks, 1683. Creator: Melchior d Hondecoeter
Peacocks, 1683

Goldfinches, 1863, (1942). Creator: John Gould
Goldfinches, 1863, (1942). Male and female of the finch family, from " Birds of Britain" by John Gould. Published in " The Birds of Britain, by James Fisher. [Collins, London, 1942]

Views in Bury, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Views in Bury, 1898. Bury St Edmunds, historic market town in Suffolk, supported Puritan sentiment in early 17th century and by 1640, several families had left for the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Anna Pavlova in The Swan, 20th century
Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina, in The Swan, early 20th century. Pavlova (1881-1931) was the most famous classical ballerina of her era

Jackdaw, (Corvus monedula), c1850, (1856). From Bible Natural History: containing a Description of Quadrupeds, Birds, Trees, Plants, Insects, Etc, Mentioned in the Holy Scriptures

Allegory with wolf and eagle, c1516 (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Allegory with wolf and eagle, c1516 (1954). Found in the collection of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Windsor. A print from Leonardo da Vinci by Ludwig H Heydenreich. (London, 1954)

Prince Albert the British Farmer, 1843. Cartoon of Prince Albert (1819-1861) as a farmer. Prince Albert has turned his attention to the promotion of agriculture; and if you have seen

Thomas Nortons laboratory, c1477 (1652). Engraving after a manuscript in the British Museum, London, which is probably the earliest illustration of a balance in a glass case

Dodo and guinea pig, 1750. Artist: George Edwards
Dodo and guinea pig, 1750. A dodo - Didus ineptus, an extinct flightless bird from Mauritius and a guinea pig - Cavia porcellus, a rodent native to South America

To Sufferers from Nervous Depression, 1869. A cartoon depicting the joys of country life and clean living. From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 1, 1869

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

Hibiscus and Magpies, 1847. Creator: Yamamoto Baiitsu
Hibiscus and Magpies, 1847

The Movings, 1822. Creator: Louis Leopold Boilly
The Movings, 1822

Landscape with Gibbons and Cranes, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Landscape with Gibbons and Cranes, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Formerly attributed to Qiu Ying

What do you think of the expedition? from Metamorphoses of the Day, 1829

Rocky Mountain Plover, 1836. Creator: Robert Havell
Rocky Mountain Plover, 1836

Applique and Embroidered Coverlet, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Margaret Concha
Applique and Embroidered Coverlet, 1935/1942

Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Rocky Mountain Anteater, and Female Golden-winged Warbler

A mounted man hunting birds with a falcon, early 18th century. Creator: Unknown
A mounted man hunting birds with a falcon, early 18th century

New Lamps for Old, 1901. Creator: Joseph Edward Southall
New Lamps for Old (in frame), 1901. The subject is taken from story of Aladdin in the One Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights)

The Skylark, 1849. Creator: David Cox the elder
The Skylark, 1849

St. John, seated and holding a writing instrument to a tablet, an eagle with outstretched wings below his legs, from a series of the four evangelists after Agostino Veneziano

Le Traitede Paix avec Rome (The Peace Treaty with Rome), ca. 1789. Creator: Unknown
Le Traite de Paix avec Rome (The Peace Treaty with Rome), ca. 1789

Lady with the Rooks, 1829. Creator: Edward Calvert
Lady with the Rooks, 1829

Seeds and Aleurites Cordata (?): Page from The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting (Jieziyuan huazhuan), 1782, 2nd edition

Japanese White-eye and Titmouse on a Camellia Branch, ca. 1840. ca. 1840. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Japanese White-eye and Titmouse on a Camellia Branch, ca. 1840

A Winter Landscape, 1854. Creator: Johannes Franciscus Hoppenbrouwers
A Winter Landscape, 1854

Lion at Rest, ca. 1585. Creator: Mansur
Lion at Rest, ca. 1585

Portrait of an imperial censor and his wife, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of an imperial censor and his wife, late 18th-early 19th century. Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Allegory of Music, 1649. Creator: Laurent de la Hyre
Allegory of Music, 1649. allegorical figure tunes a theorbo. At her shoulder is a songbird, symbol of natural music, whereas by contrast she may be a representation of modern music theory

Dartford Warblers, 1887, (1942). Creator: Johannes Keulemans
Dartford Warblers, 1887, (1942). Pair of warblers, from " Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands" by Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford

The Blind Girl, 1856, (1948). Creator: John Everett Millais
The Blind Girl, 1856, (1948). Two girls, the elder one blind and with a concertina in her lap, rest by a wayside stream after rain

Return of the Penguins, c1908, (1909). Artist: George Marston
Return of the Penguins, c1908, (1909). Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) made three expeditions to the Antarctic

American Crow, Corvus Americanus, 1845
American Crow, Corvus Americanus. From The Birds of America by John J. Audubon. Pub. 1827-1838 (colour lithograph)

Leadenhall Market, London, 1865. Artist: Andries Scheerboom
Leadenhall Market, London, 1865; showing poulterers with customers

The Fram in the Bay of Whales, Antarctica, 1911-1912. Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) led the first expedition to reach the South Pole, arriving at the Pole on 14th December 1911

Ostriches, 1924. From The British Empire in Pictures, by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. B.Litt. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1924]

Associates of the Witches of Belvoir. Anne Baker, Joanne Willimott and Ellen Greene, Leicestershire women with their pets and familiars

Oyster-Catcher - Haemat opus ostral egus, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Oyster-Catcher - Haemat opus ostral egus, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

Children feeding the swans on the Serpentine, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

The Judgment of Paris, c1635-1638, (1912). Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Judgment of Paris, c1635-1638, (1912). A colour print of Rubens painting, from Famous Paintings with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, (Cassell and Company, London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Ye Olde Boars Head, Middleton, Lancashire, 1939. From Old Inns - Second Series of 40. [W. D. & H. O. Wills, 1939]

The Eagle lectern in New College Chapel, Oxford, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Eagle lectern in New College Chapel, Oxford, 1864. 'An Eagle Lectern...has recently been presented to New College by the Senior Fellow, the Rev. W. Bigg Wither

The Doncaster Race Cup, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Doncaster Race Cup, 1864. Horse racing trophy '...from the establishment of Messrs. R. and S. Garrard and Co., of the Haymarket

Prize pigeons and poultry at Bingley Hall, Birmingham, 1864. Creator: Harrison Weir
excellence, and with no less than 300 pigeon and 1677 poultry entries...Our pigeon group...begins with Mr. Shaw's German Letz, which won in class 124

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