Canidae Collection

Mary Anning (1799-1847)
Pioneer fossil collector of Lyme Regis, Dorset. Oil painting by an unknown artist, before 1842. Golden Cap is visible in the background. Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Greyhound design
Drawing 26 Vol 2 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876. (Two separate negatives)

Heathland
Original artwork for Heathland by Barbara Nicholson, signed B.E.N. copyright British Museum (Natural History) 1973, printed in England by Lund Humphries

Heathland poster with captions by Barbara Nicholson, signed B.E.N. copyright British Museum (Natural History) 1973, printed in England by Lund Humphries

Ballyregan Bob, greyhound
Photograph of Ballyregan Bob, the famous racing greyhound. Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Thylacinus cynocephalus, thylacine
The last known thylacine, or Tasmanian Wolf, to survive in captivity. It died on 7 September 1936 in the Beaumaris Zoo, Hobart, Tasmania

The Wolf by Edward Donovan
The Wolf, in Edward Donovans The Natural History of British Quadrupeds Volume 1. Held in the Library and Archives

Kita a Norwegian elkhound, photographed by Harry Taylor

Capparis canescens, dog capers
Outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Anarhichas lupus, wolf eel
The skull of a wolf eel (Anarhichas lupus) whose teeth are specially adapted for crushing and eating spiny sea urchins. The wolf eel is native to British waters

Mick the Miller, greyhound
Photograph of Mick the Miller, the famous racing greyhound. Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring

The Shadow Dance
Plate 17 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874

Canis sp. Eskimo Dog called Arctic King
Articulated skeleton of an Canis sp. Eskimo Dog called Arctic King

Fox
An illustration (Plate 7, Mammals) from the Zoology of the Beagle

Bulldog shark illustration
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Taxidermist working on wolf teeth, 1935
One of the several behind-the-scenes shots taken for the February 1935 edition of Weekly Illustrated, 1st Class Technical Assistant Percy Stammwitz adds final touches to the teeth of a wolf

Bulldog cranium 1906
Specimen number D94, Bulldog, Canis lupus familiaris. Juvenille bulldog skull, from dog called Neotsfield. 1906

Canis lupus dingo, dingo
Dog of New South Wales. Drawing 52 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Potorous tridactylus, long-nosed potoroo
Poto Roo. Drawing 59 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Dog, owl and eagle design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Microchiroptera (suborder), microbat
Photograph of the left side view of the skull of a microbat, measuring 4cm, with its relatively short snout and lower jaw

Pteropus poliocephalus, grey-headed flying fox
The cranial view of the skull of a grey-headed flying fox; a megabat measuring 7cm. The long snout helps it to smell out fruit. See also 40857

Dusicyon antarcticus, Falkland fox
Study skin of a female specimen from West Falkland Island. Scale is in centimetres

Adriosaurus suessi
Neocomian fossil lizard from the Isle of Lesina, Dalmatia

Canis lupus hodophilax, Japanese wolf
Photograph of the skin of a male Japanese wolf presented to the Natural History Museum by the Duke of Bedford, 1905, together with a skull specimen. See image references 11280, 11281 & 11282

Talpa sp. mole
LS Plate 81 of the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China, 1774-1856

Pithecia pithecia, white-faced saki
Fox-tailed Monkey, Simia pithecia. Plate facing p. 169 of Museum Leverianum; specimens from the museum of the late Sir Ashton Lever, by George Shaw. Published by James Parkinson, proprietor, 1792-1796

Hesperocyon
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)
Portrait of Thomas Henry Huxley, a zoologist, a strong advocate of Charles Darwin, and author of many publications including The Physical Basis of Life (1868)

Chihuahua
The Chihuahua is the smallest breed of dog in the world and is named for the Chihuahua region in Mexico. Photographed by Harry Taylor

Georgie a giant schnauzer, photographed by Harry Taylor

Jasper a Hungarian viszla, photographed by Harry Taylor

London Jack, The Orphanage Friend. This dog from 1894 to 1900 collected for the L&S.W.R servants orphanage e250 & for other charitable objects e200

Pteropus livingstonii, Comoro black flying fox
Photograph showing view from above and left side of two Comoro black flying fox, or Livingstones flying fox, skull specimens

Great Dane
A Great Dane, photographed by Harry Taylor

Staffordshire terrier
A Staffordshire terrier, photographed by Harry Taylor

Great Dane with Chihuahua
A Great Dane with Chihuahua, photographed by Harry Taylor

Bauera rubioides, dog rose
Hand coloured etching by Henry C. Andrews (fl. 1796-1828). Published in The botanists repository for new and rare plants (1816)

Passerella iliaca, fox sparrow
Plate 108 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

A Hair-Breadth Escape
Plate 2 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated by designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

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