Scale Collection

Launceston, 1909. Artist: JMW Turner
Launceston, 1909. From The Water-colours of J. M. W. Turner, text by W. G. Rawlinson and A. J. Finberg. [Avalon Press, London, 1909]

The Titans Goblet, 1833. Creator: Thomas Cole
The Titans Goblet, 1833

Procavia capensis (Rock hyrax or dassie), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Procavia capensis (Rock hyrax or dassie), 1777-1786

Great Sphinx Head in Profile, 18th century. Artist: Tuscher Hafniae
Great Sphinx Head in Profile, 18th century. Found in the collection of the Schuster Gallery

The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, c19th century. Artist: David Roberts
The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, 19th century. A plate from Egypt and Nubia, Volume 1. Found in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Kings College Chapel, Cambridge, 1864. Late Gothic edifice with a vast fan vaulted ceiling with ornate stained glass windows

Tells Chapel, Fluelen, 1909. Artist: JMW Turner
Tells Chapel, Fluelen, 1909. From The Water-colours of J. M. W. Turner, text by W. G. Rawlinson and A. J. Finberg. [Avalon Press, London, 1909]

Professor Hasner's automatic eyeball, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Professor Hasner's automatic eyeball, 1862. '...mechanical model of the eye,...made chiefly for the purpose of demonstrating the complicated

Electro-ballistic apparatus for measuring the speed of cannon-shot, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Electro-ballistic apparatus for measuring the speed of cannon-shot, 1864. Apparatus invented by Major Navez, of the Belgian Artillery

Measuring height of grain on government farm, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Measuring height of grain on government farm, 1916.

Italian Mountain Landscape with Shepherds;An Italianate Montainous Landscape, 1615-1631

Takagi Umanosuke and the Ghost of a Woman, 1866. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Takagi Umanosuke and the Ghost of a Woman, 1866. Series: Beauty and Valor in the Novel Suikoden

Musical theories of Pythagoras, 1492. Creator: Unknown
Musical theories of Pythagoras, 1492. Men playing musical instruments and making sounds. At top left, an anvil is struck with hammers

Kintaro Riding the Carp, 1882. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Kintaro Riding the Carp, 1882. Series: Sketches by Yoshitoshi

The Skeleton Forest, 1641. Creator: Unknown
The Skeleton Forest, 1641

Unknown woman, possibly the artist's future wife Ulrika Maria Stahlberg, died 1797, 1786. Creator: Arvid Lundback
Unknown woman, possibly the artist's future wife Ulrika Maria Stahlberg, died 1797, 1786

Saint Sebastian, c1505. Creator: Antonio Rimpacta
Saint Sebastian, c1505. Saint Sebastian was a Roman commander who, according to legend, was executed under Emperor Diocletian (284-305) for being a Christian

Saito Oniwakamaru on a Carp, 1873. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Saito Oniwakamaru on a Carp, 1873. From Notes by Yoshitoshi

Jiraiya Riding a Frog, 1866. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Jiraiya Riding a Frog, 1866. From Beauty and Valor in the Novel Suikoden

Fukurokuju Writing with His Head, 1882. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Fukurokuju Writing with His Head, 1882. From Sketches by Yoshitoshi

Mitsukuni and the Skeleton Specter (image 1 of 3), Mid 1840s. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Mitsukuni and the Skeleton Specter (image 1 of 3), Mid 1840s

Costumes de Différents Pays, Roi de Taïti, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Roi de Taiti, c1797

Man with Exaggerated Topknot, early 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Man with Exaggerated Topknot, early 19th century

Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus; female), 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus; female), 1778

Equus quagga burchelli (Burchell's Zebra), 1790. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Equus quagga burchelli (Burchell's Zebra), 1790

Equus zebra (Mountain zebra), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Equus zebra (Mountain zebra), 1777-1786. Cape Bergzebra (Equus Zebra Zebra); with Rhenish (Rijnlandse) scale

Philantomba monticola (Blue duiker), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Philantomba monticola (Blue duiker), 1777-1786

Sylvicapra grimmia (Common Duiker), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Sylvicapra grimmia (Common Duiker), 1777-1786

Sylvicapra grimmia (Common Duiker), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Sylvicapra grimmia (Common Duiker), 1777-1786

Oreotragus oreotragus (Klipspringer), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Oreotragus oreotragus (Klipspringer), 1777-1786. Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus), at a rocky height; with Rhenish (Rijnlandse) scale

Pelea capreolus (Grey rhebok), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Pelea capreolus (Grey rhebok), 1777-1786

Raphicerus campestris (Steenbok), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Raphicerus campestris (Steenbok), 1777-1786

Raphicerus campestris (Steenbok), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Raphicerus campestris (Steenbok), 1777-1786

Ourebia ourebi (Oribi), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Ourebia ourebi (Oribi), 1777-1786. Oerebi ooi (Ourbia Ourbi); with Rhenish (Rijnlandse) scale

Ourebia ourebi (Oribi), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Ourebia ourebi (Oribi), 1777-1786. Oerebi (Ourbia Ourbi): Ram and Ooi; with Rhenish (Rijnlandse) scale

Redunca arundinum (Southern reedbuck; male), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Redunca arundinum (Southern reedbuck; male), 1777-1786

Imperial Building behind High Wall, 1860. Creator: Felice Beato
Imperial Building behind High Wall, 1860

Oryx gazella (Gemsbok), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Oryx gazella (Gemsbok), 1777-1786. According to Gordon wrongly called Cape Gemsbok; with Rhenish (Rijnlandse) scale

Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe), skeleton, 1779. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe), skeleton, 1779

Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe), 1779. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe), 1779

Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe), 1779. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe), 1779

Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe); with left a Khoikhoi as Scale Model, 1779. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe); with left a Khoikhoi as Scale Model, 1779

Suricata suricatta (Meerkats), 1773-1780. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Suricata suricatta (Meerkats), 1773-1780

Suricata suricatta (Meerkats), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Suricata suricatta (Meerkats), 1777-1786

Genetta tigrina (Cape genet), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Genetta tigrina (Cape genet), 1777-1786. Genetkat (Genetta Tigrina), donated by Governor Ryk Tulbagh in 1759 to the Menagerie of Stadholder Willem V; Set up

Barometers for life-boat stations, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Barometers for life-boat stations, 1860. Public attention has frequently been called to the invaluable use of a barometer for indicating a coming storm

After the Massacre. Study from North Norway, c1900s. Creator: Anna Katarina Boberg
After the Massacre. Study from North Norway, c1900s

Horseshoe Fall, Niagara, c1901. Creator: William H. Jackson
Horseshoe Fall, Niagara, c1901

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