Bizarre Collection (page 3)

Z the Zealous Zoologist, 1903. Artist: John Hassall
Z the Zealous Zoologist, 1903. An initial letter Z from a child alphabet. From An A.B.C. of Everyday People, by G. E. Farrow. [Dean & Son Limited, London, 1903]

Y the Youthful, 1903. Artist: John Hassall
Y the Youthful, 1903. An initial letter Y from a child alphabet. From An A.B.C. of Everyday People, by G. E. Farrow. [Dean & Son Limited, London, 1903]

An Abandoned Young Pilot Appropriating Somebody Elses Rations, c1918 (1919). Artist: W Heath Robinson
An Abandoned Young Pilot Appropriating Somebody Elses Rations, c1918 (1919).From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

A Hint to the Airman Home on Leave, c1918 (1919). Artist: W Heath Robinson
A Hint to the Airman Home on Leave, c1918 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co. Limited, London, Melbourne and Toronto, 1919]

Napoleon at St Helena, 1886. A despondent Napoleon seated under a canopy, guarded by soldiers in armour and with weapons from much earlier than the time of his exile on St Helena

A Bagobo, with filed teeth. Artist: The Bureau of Science
A Bagobo, with filed teeth. The Bagobo are a people of southern coastal Mindanao in the Philippines. A print from Customs of the World, Volume II Hutchinson and Co, Paternoster Row, London

A pagoda atop a boulder, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVI, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Animals and ambhipibians in a hunting scene, 20th century

A Yafouba tribesman juggles with a girl, Ivory Coast, West Africa, 1936. Artist: Wide World Photos
A Yafouba tribesman juggles with a girl, Ivory Coast, West Africa, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Goblin masks and visors worn as beauty aids, Papua, New Guinea, 1936. Artist: Fox Photos
Goblin masks and visors worn as beauty aids, Papua, New Guinea, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

A cow on the roof of a building, Nowshera, India, 1916-1917

Tree growing out old sugar estate chimney, Jamaica, c1905. Artist: Adolphe Duperly & Son
Tree growing out old sugar estate chimney, Jamaica, c1905. Illustration from Picturesque Jamaica, by Adolphe Duperly & Son, (England, c1905)

The Duke of Cumberland, 1908. Artist: WD & HO Wills
The Duke of Cumberland, 1908. Portraits of European Royalty, Willss Cigarette Cards, Bristol & London

Ostriches attacking a car, California, USA, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 10th January 1904

Training army dogs to attack cyclists, Germany, 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
Training army dogs to attack cyclists, Germany, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 8th August 1897

Hindu Fakirs practising their superstitious rites, 19th century. Artist: Bell
Hindu Fakirs practising their superstitious rites, 19th century. 1) The Great Tree of the Banyans. 2) A pagoda of the idol Mamaniva

The Man in the Moon, 1648 (1887). Artist: Gaston Tissandier
The Man in the Moon, 1648, (1887). Frontispiece of a novel of Gonzales, 1648, showing a man flying by means of a contraption pulled by birds

Caricature on the direction of the Aerostat, 1887. Artist: Gaston Tissandier
Caricature on the direction of the Aerostat, 1887. Published in History of Balloons by Gaston Tissandier, Paris, 1887

Aerostat, 1887. Artist: Gaston Tissandier
Aerostat, 1887. A man on horseback on a platform being carried by a balloon. Published in History of Balloons by Gaston Tissandier, Paris, 1887

Distractions at the front; the human serpent, France, World War I, 1915. A print from the Le Flambeau (the Torch), 18 September 1915

Carry Happiness, French Postcard, c1900. Private collection

You who cannot, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
You who cannot, 1799. Plate 42 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain The series is evidence of the artists political

Winter, 1563. Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldi
Winter, 1563. From the Four Seasons series. From the Gemaldegalerie, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Fire, 1566. Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldi
Fire, 1566. One of the four images in the Elements series. From the Gemaldegalerie, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Earth, 1570. Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldi
Earth, 1570. One of the four images in the Elements series. From a private collection

Bacchus, 1560. Artist: Valerio di Simone Cioli
Bacchus, 1560. Statue in the Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy. It shows Pietro Barbino, Cosimo Is court dwarf, as Bacchus, riding a tortoise

Le Canard a Trois Becs, cartoon relating to the Paris Commune, 1871. Artist: H Nerac
Le Canard a Trois Becs, cartoon relating to the Paris Commune, 1871. The Paris Commune was established when the citizens of Paris, many of them armed National Guards

Delegue a l Instruction Publique, Paris Commune, 1871. Satirical cartoon from a series titled Paris Sous le Commune. From a private collection

French soldiers using film of a cavalry charge for rifle practice, 1912. From Le Petit Journal. (Paris, 30 June 1912)

Artists impression of deep sea scene with luminous fishes, 1903. Some of the creatures shown here were brought up in the dredges during the French oceanographical expeditions of the Travailleur

Thomas Alva Edisons kinetographic theatre, c1892. This combined the recording of sound and vision. From a cigarette card published 1915

Thomas Alva Edisons first Phonograph, 1878. In this model the cylinder on which the sound was recorded had to be rotated by hand. Instrument in recording mode

Making recording on first model of Thomas Edisons Phonograph, c1878

Thomas Edisons Kinetographic Theatre, c1891. In this he combined the recording of sound and vision

Emile Berliners Gramophone, c1888. Top: Recording stylus and mouthpiece. Bottom: Playing a disc

Mid-19th century Phonautograph, c1880. Vibrations produced in cone traced on lamp blacked cylinder

Mid-19th century Phonautograph, c. 1906
Mid-19th century Phonautograph, c.1906. Plaster of Paris barrel with brass tube at a with hogs bristle attached to trace vibrations produced in AB on lampblacked cylinder C

Mid-19th century Phonautograph, 1872. Tuning fork vibrated by bow or iron rod, and vibration traced on cylinder coated with lampblack

Making a recording with, and listening to, first Edison Phonograph, 1878
First model of Edison Phonograph. Top: Making recording. Bottom: Listening to recording. Paris, April 1878

Sound Recording Disc Electricity Motor Battery Liquid, c1880

Hypnotised subject in a state of catalepsy, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot

St Christopher Crossing the River, 1506-c1527. Artist: Jan de Cock
St Christopher Crossing the River, 1506-c1527. St Christopher reaches the bank with the Christ Child on his shoulder. The landscape is filled with strange creatures reminiscent of the work of

Gatling rapid fire gun, 1862. This was a revolving battery gun and, with ten barrels, had a firing capacity of 1200 rounds a minute. Camel-mounted model. From The Science Record. (New York, 1862)

Early design of a quick firing cannon, 1482. From De re militari (On Military Matters) by Roberto Valturio. (1482). Written in about 1455, the first printed edition was published in Verona in 1472

Rain of frogs recorded in 1355 (1557). Accounts of deluges of frogs and fish date back to biblical times. The phenomenon ocurs when a waterspout or tornado passes over a body of water

What a Pity the Race of Centaurs has become Extinct!, 1866 Artist: George du Maurier
What a Pity the Race of Centaurs has become Extinct!, 1866. An illustration of how the world would look like if centaurs still existed

A Legend of Camelot - Part 4, 1866. Artist: George du Maurier
A Legend of Camelot - Part 4, 1866. A night scene, the moon is in the top right corner smiling. A man wearing several hats leans over the heads of two figures who appear to be kneeling down at

A Legend of Camelot - Part 3, 1866. Artist: George du Maurier
A Legend of Camelot - Part 3, 1866. A woman emerges from a small brick building in the centre of the pond, and walks across a drawbridge. She holds a comb and mirror and has masses of curly hair

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